Table 4.

Relationship between PASRI, BASRI, and mSASSS, anthropometric measures, and patient reported measures.

PASRIBASRImSASSS
N323019
PASRI0.80***0.94***
Cervical rotation−0.30−0.41*−0.15
Tragus to wall0.40*0.46*0.36
Occiput to wall0.41*0.38*0.30
Chest expansion (xiphisternum)−0.15−0.34**0
Chest expansion (nipple)−0.28−0.61**−0.33
Modified Schöber−0.49**−0.54**−0.49**
Finger to floor0.54**0.44**0.42
Intermalleolar distance−0.36*−0.69**−0.01
BASNI0.60**0.65**0.46
BASFI0.50**0.51**0.36
RLDQ0.47**0.46**0.22

Note: patients who scored zero on the radiologic measures were excluded from this analysis. Reported data are Spearman rho. BASMI: Bath AS Metrology Index; RLDQ: Revised Leeds Disability Questionnaire. For other abbreviations, see Table 3.

  • *** Correlation is significant at the 0.0001 level (2–tailed).

  • ** Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2–tailed).

  • * Correlation is significant at the 0.05 level (2–tailed).