ASAS core sets
| Domain | Core set | Instruments | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CR | SMARD/PT | DC-ART | ||
| CR, clinical record keeping; SMARD, symptom modifying antirheumatic drug; PT, physical therapy; DC-ART, disease controlling antirheumatic treatment; VAS, visual analogue scale; BASMI, Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis metrology Index; ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate; AP, anteroposterior; SI, sacroiliac. | ||||
| Physical function | x | x | x | Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Functional Index (BASFI) or Dougados Functional Index |
| Pain | x | x | x | VAS in the past week, spine at night, due to AS and VAS in the past week, spine due to AS |
| Spinal mobility | x | x | x | Chest expansion and modified Schober and occiput to wall distance and (BASMI or lateral side flexion) |
| Patient’s global assessment | x | x | x | VAS in the past week |
| Stiffness | x | x | x | Morning stiffness |
| Peripheral joints and entheses | x | x | Number of swollen joints and assessment of painful entheses | |
| Acute phase reactants | x | x | ESR | |
| Fatigue | x | VAS question on fatigue from BASDAI | ||
| Imaging | x | AP and lateral x ray examination of the lumbar spine, lateral cervical spine, AP pelvis (SI and hip joints) | ||