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Rehabilitation Practice and Science

Translated Title

鏈球菌血清抗體相關的未分類關節炎患者之姿勢失調

Abstract

Titers of antistreptolysin-O (ASO) possess the diagnostic value in discriminating post-streptococcal reactive arthritis. Patients are labeled as ”unclassified arthritis” (UA) while hard to be classified as having a well-defined arthropathy. Posture is important to perform activities of daily living and its abnormality is a negative factor for trunk stability and balance. We hypothesized that an imbalance of the lumbopelvis due to sacroiliac joint disorder might produce a positional change. The purpose of this study was to determine whether there was a difference in postural sway during orthostatic standing in subjects with UA of the lumbopelvis and high ASO titers. All subjects were divided into two groups according to the reference level of ASO titer, and were subjected to ten sway tests to assess postural sway. In a total of 84 subjects, mean age was 23 years (range 18.0-36.4) and two groups included a group of ASO titer ≤ 116 IU/ml (38 in total, 32 men and 6 women) and a group of ASO titer ＞ 116 IU/ml (46 in total, 36 men and 10 women). In comparison of the sway parameters between the two groups, there were significant differences between them in all sway values under all the position conditions tested. Subjects with high level of streptococcal serology demonstrated increased sway on all postural control measures as compared to those with low serology. Proprioceptive deficits measured in this study might be related to the joint disorder.

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English

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