ArticleACR open rheumatology2020
How Do Patients With Axial Spondyloarthritis Experience High-Intensity Exercise?
Article in ACR open rheumatology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 22 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effects of high-intensity interval training on patients with inflammatory arthritis: a systematic review.BMC rheumatology · 2025Pooled it
- The Influence of Exercise Intensity on Psychosocial Outcomes in Musculoskeletal Disorders: A Systematic Review.Sports healthPooled it
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- Exercise adherence, perceived exercise benefits and barriers, and spinal mobility in ankylosing spondylitis: a cross-sectional study.Rheumatology international · 2026Observational
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- Facilitators influencing participation in digitally-based high-intensity interval training among individuals with axial spondyloarthritis - a qualitative study.BMC rheumatology · 2025Article
- Physical activity in relation to health status, quality of life and compliance with World Health Organization recommendations in patients with axial spondyloarthritis.Arthritis research & therapy · 2025Article
- The challenge of exercise (non-)adherence: a scoping review of methods and techniques applied to improve adherence to physical activity and exercise in people with inflammatory arthritis.Rheumatology advances in practice · 2023Article
- Understanding beliefs related to physical activity in people living with axial Spondyloarthritis: a theory-informed qualitative study.BMC rheumatology · 2022Article
- Treat-to-target in axial spondyloarthritis - what about physical function and activity?Nature reviews. Rheumatology · 2021Review
- Post-COVID-19 Syndrome and the Potential Benefits of Exercise.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Review
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
objectiveIn a few studies, high-intensity exercise has displayed beneficial effects on cardiovascular health among patients with rheumatic diseases, yet the high-intensity exercise mode is still not fully accepted among health care professionals. The aim of this study was to investigate experiences of high-intensity exercise among patients with axial spondyloarthritis.
methodsFourteen respondents who had participated in a high-intensity exercise program for 12 weeks were included in this qualitative study with individual semistructured, in-depth interviews. The respondents' median age was 53, ranging from 23 to 63 years old, and both men and women of different ethnicities were represented. Interviews were analyzed by qualitative content analysis, including both manifest content and interpretations of underlying latent meaning.
resultsThe analysis resulted in five categories describing the respondents' experiences with high-intensity exercise: 1) high-intensity exercise as a challenge for both body and mind, 2) increased faith in one's own body, 3) changed attitude toward exercise, 4) taking charge of one's own health by challenging the disease, and 5) exercise in a social context.
conclusionSupervised high-intensity interval exercise was perceived as challenging for both body and mind but was also described as a positive experience, with rapid bodily effects that strengthened respondents' faith in their own bodies. The new experience seemed to have changed the respondents' attitude and motivation for exercise and made them start taking charge of their health by challenging the disease. Exercise in a social context, under professional leadership, enhanced exercise self-efficacy and helped the respondents to adhere to the exercise program.
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