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It can be conservative and rarely chirurgic.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Objective<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a rehabilitation combined with Pridinol Mesylate in the treatment of Spondylarthritis in elderly patients in terms of pain resolution, improving disability, and quality of life.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Materials and methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      We conducted a retrospective study on patients with Spondylarthritis. The patients recruited (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u202f=\u202f86) were divided into three groups: the Combined Group (CG:28), who received a rehabilitation combined with Pridinol Mesylate (16 women and 12 men, age 66.4\u202f\u00b1\u202f3.99); the Rehabilitation Group (RG,\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u202f=\u202f26), who received only rehabilitation (14 women and 12 men, age 66.2\u202f\u00b1\u202f3.84); and the Drug Group (DG: 32), who received only the administration of the Pridinol(18 women and 14 men, age of 66.3\u202f\u00b1\u202f3.9).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The results show, at T1 (20\u202fdays after treatment) in the CG, statistically significant improvements for the NRS and QBPDS. In the RG, statistically significant improvements were observed only for the QBPDS scale. In the DG group, only pain improvement. At T2 (90\u202fdays after treatment), the CG showed improvements in NRS, QBPDS, and (SF-36). The RG and DG showed improvements for NRS and for QBPDS. By Bonferroni method, obtained statistically significant values for CG versus RG and for CG versus DG. No statistical significance was found between RG versus DG.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Targeted rehabilitation treatment, combined with Pridinol Mesylate, reduced pain and improved disability in lumbar Spondylarthritis both in the short and medium term, with improved quality of life in elderly patients.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fmed.2024.1470996","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,1,22]],"date-time":"2025-01-22T02:11:01Z","timestamp":1737511861000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Effectiveness rehabilitative therapy and Pridinol Mesylate in low back pain"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"11","author":[{"given":"Lorenza","family":"Lauricella","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Noemi","family":"Calabrese","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Dalila","family":"Scaturro","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Domenico","family":"Migliorino","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Michele","family":"Vecchio","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Giulia","family":"Letizia Mauro","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,1,22]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"2127","DOI":"10.1016\/S0140-6736(11)60071-8","article-title":"Spondyloarthritis","volume":"377","author":"Dougados","year":"2011","journal-title":"Lancet"},{"key":"ref2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"23","DOI":"10.1007\/s11916-019-0757-1","article-title":"Low Back pain, a comprehensive review: pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment","volume":"23","author":"Urits","year":"2019","journal-title":"Curr Pain Headache Rep"},{"key":"ref3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1384","DOI":"10.1007\/s10067-013-2430-0","article-title":"WHO-ILAR COPCORD study (stage 1, urban study) in Iran","volume":"35","author":"Davatchi","year":"2018","journal-title":"J Rheumatol"},{"key":"ref4","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"41","DOI":"10.1002\/ajim.23444","article-title":"Psychosocial risk factors for low back pain in US workers: data from the 2002\u20132018 quality of work life survey","volume":"66","author":"Yang","year":"2023","journal-title":"Am J Ind Med"},{"key":"ref5","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"2791","DOI":"10.1007\/s00586-018-5673-2","article-title":"Clinical practice guidelines for the management of non-specific low back pain in primary care: an updated overview","volume":"27","author":"Oliveira","year":"2018","journal-title":"Eur Spine J"},{"key":"ref6","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1251","DOI":"10.1136\/annrheumdis-2018-213585","article-title":"2018 EULAR recommendations for physical activity in people with inflammatory arthritis and osteoarthritis","volume":"77","author":"Rausch Osthoff","year":"2018","journal-title":"Ann Rheum Dis"},{"key":"ref7","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"383","DOI":"10.1016\/j.apmr.2017.07.015","article-title":"Effectiveness of exercise programs in ankylosing spondylitis: a Meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials","volume":"99","author":"P\u00e9courneau","year":"2018","journal-title":"Arch Phys Med Rehabil"},{"key":"ref8","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1334","DOI":"10.1249\/MSS.0b013e318213fefb","article-title":"American College of Sports Medicine position stand. 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