Ankylosing spondylitis primarily affects the joints ... You may also have tests, including X-rays or MRI scans, to look at your spine from the inside. Blood tests can determine whether you have ...

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a valuable tool in the imaging and assessment of patients with ankylosing spondylitis. MRI can demonstrate the acute and chronic changes of sacroiliitis ...

Ankylosing spondylitis is a type of arthritis that causes ... So in those patients, we order an MRI of the SI joints. And usually, what we request is MRI of the SI joints with two particular ...

Patient physical function is probably the most relevant outcome parameter in ankylosing spondylitis and other chronic rheumatic diseases. Not unexpectedly, impairment of physical function ...

Welcome, everyone. I'm Dr. John Whyte, the chief medical officer at WebMD. Ankylosing spondylitis is the type of arthritis that causes pain and stiffness in your spine. It typically occurs first ...

"There is substantial inter-reader variability in interpreting MRI and x-ray images ... may be due to possible bias from ...