• Mechanical Properties of Lumbar and Cervical Paravertebral Muscles in Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis: A Case-Control Study 

      Garrido Castro, Juan Luis; Aranda-Valera, I. Concepción; Peña Amaro, J.; Martínez Galisteo, A.; González-Navas, Cristina; Rodrigues-de-Souza, Daiana Priscila; Alcaraz-Clariana, Sandra; García-Luque, Lourdes; Martínez Sánchez, Iago R.; López Medina, Eloísa Clementina; Collantes Estévez, Eduardo; Alburquerque Sendín, Francisco (MDPI, 2021)
      Background: Axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) affects spinal muscles, due to inflammation and structural damage. The mechanical properties of the muscles, such as tone or stiffness, could be altered in axSpA. The aim of this ...
    • Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis Show an Altered Flexion/Relaxation Phenomenon 

      Aranda-Valera, I. Concepción; Garrido Castro, Juan Luis; Martínez Galisteo, A.; Peña Amaro, J.; González-Navas, Cristina; Cuesta-Vargas, Antonio; Jiménez Reina, L.; Collantes Estévez, Eduardo; López Medina, Eloísa Clementina (MDPI, 2021)
      Axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) is a chronic rheumatic disease characterized by the presence of inflammatory back pain. In patients with chronic low back pain, the lumbar flexion relaxation phenomenon measured by surface ...