Question 230 · LEK · Ankylosing spondylitis (AS)
The features of inflammatory lumbar pain in ankylosing spondylitis (AS) do not include:
- A. occurrence in people <40 y.o.
- B. insidious onset.
- C. improvement with exercise.
- D. improvement with rest.
- E. occurrence at night (improvement on getting up).
Hint
Inflammatory back pain responds to movement and rest in the opposite way to mechanical back pain.
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