Functional Index for Ankylosing Spondylitis (DFI-AS)

Purpose: To evaluate the functional ability of a patient with ankylosing spondylitis using the Dutch Functional Index (DFI-AS).

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Evaluation

Are you evaluating a patient with ankylosing spondylitis?

Yes

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Put on shoes

Pull on a pullover

Get out of a bath

Cough or sneeze

Sleep on your back

Walk up 1 flight of stairs

Run

Get out of a chair

Crawl

Lie down

Get out of bed

Do your job

Get out of a car

Remain sitting for 30 minutes

Squat

Ride a bike for 10 minutes

Lift a weight of 10 kilograms (22 pounds) to shoulder height

Pull on a pair of trousers

Get into a bath

Wash yourself or take a shower

Breath deeply

Remain standing for 10 minutes

Sleep on your stomach

Remain standing for 30 minutes

Sit

Get into a car

Bend to pick up something from the floor

Turn in bed

Perform your housework

Go shopping

Remain sitting for 10 minutes

Kneel down

Ride a bike up a slight hill

Ride a bike for 30 minutes

Lift a weight of 10 kilograms (22 pounds) above shoulder height

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Interpretation and Description

References

Next Steps in Evaluation

Diagnosis

Risk Factors
- Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) Risk Factors for Early Work Disability
Clinical Diagnosis, Including Family History For Genetics
- Revised Criteria of the American College of Rheumatology for the Classification of Functional Status in a Patient with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Criteria For Diagnosis
- Revised Criteria of the American College of Rheumatology for the Classification of Functional Status in a Patient with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Severity, Prognosis, Stage

Therapy

Options
Physical And Lifestyle

Monitoring

Response To Therapy
Adverse Effects
- Predictor of Functional Outcome in Patient with Early Rheumatoid Arthritis
Disease Progression

Patient Concerns

Disability And Performance
Quality Of Life

Specialty

Sports Medicine & Rehabilitation
Immunology/Rheumatology

Objective

response to therapy
disease progression
disability and performance

ICD-10

M45 - Ankylosing spondylitis

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Purpose: To evaluate the functional ability of a patient with ankylosing spondylitis using the Dutch Functional Index (DFI-AS).

Specialty: Sports Medicine & Rehabilitation, Immunology/Rheumatology

Objective: response to therapy, disease progression, disability and performance

ICD-10: M45,

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