title: Psychological effects of calisthenic exercises on neuroinflammatory and rheumatic diseases.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of calisthenic exercises on psychological status in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and multiple sclerosis (MS).
  
  
  METHODS
  This study comprised 40 patients diagnosed with AS randomized into two exercise groups (group 1 = hospital-based, group 2 = home-based) and 40 patients diagnosed with MS randomized into two exercise groups (group 1 = hospital-based, group 2 = home-based).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The exercise programme was completed by 73 participants (hospital-based = 34, home-based = 39). Mean age was 33.75 ± 5.77 years. After the 8-week exercise programme in the AS group, the home-based exercise group showed significant improvements in erythrocyte sedimentation rates (ESR). The hospital-based exercise group showed significant improvements in terms of the Bath AS Metrology Index (BASMI) and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale-Anxiety (HADS-A) scores. After the 8-week exercise programme in the MS group, the home-based and hospital-based exercise groups showed significant improvements in terms of the 10-m walking test, Berg Balance Scale (BBS), HADS-A, and MS international Quality of Life (MusiQoL) scores. There was a significant improvement in the hospital-based and a significant deterioration in the home-based MS patients according to HADS-Depression (HADS-D) score.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The positive effects of exercises on neurologic and rheumatic chronic inflammatory processes associated with disability should not be underestimated.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Bezmi Alem Vakıf University, Istanbul, Turkey. drozgur82@gmail.com.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Taspinar
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Bezmi Alem Vakıf University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Aydın
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Bezmi Alem Vakıf University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Celebi
authors.affiliation: Department of Pyhisical Therapy and Rehabilitation, Medeniyet University Goztepe Training And Research Hospital, Goztepe, Turkey.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Keskin
authors.affiliation: Department of Pyhisical Therapy and Rehabilitation, Edirne State Hospital, Edirne, Turkey.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yavuz
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Bezmi Alem Vakıf University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Guneser
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Bezmi Alem Vakıf University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Camli
authors.affiliation: Department of Department of Ortopedics and Traumatology, Karaman State Hospital, Karaman, Turkey.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tosun
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Bezmi Alem Vakıf University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Canbaz
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Bezmi Alem Vakıf University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gok
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006173:Gymnastics / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D011788:Quality of Life / Q000523:psychology*; D012216:Rheumatic Diseases / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D016037:Single-Blind Method; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014421:Turkey; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Ankylosing spondylitis; Anxiety; Depression; Multiple sclerosis; Quality of life