Association of an app-based intervention with improvements in mobility, trunk muscle strength and patient-reported disease activity in axial spondyloarthritis: a 24-week pre–post study

Patrick-Pascal Strunz, Marc Schmalzing, Amelie Wüst, Patricia Possler, Tobias Heusinger, Maxime le Maire, Anna Fleischer, Thorsten Bley, Michael Gernert, Hannah Labinsky, Ottar Gadeholt, Robert Leppich, Astrid Schmieder, Ludwig Hammel, Billy Sperlich, Ann-Cathrin Koschker, Hermann Einsele, Matthias Froehlich, Karsten Sebastian Luetkens

Therapeutic Advances in Musculoskeletal Disease

Published online on June 26, 2026

Abstract

Therapeutic Advances in Musculoskeletal Disease, Volume 18, January-December 2026.
Background:In a nationwide randomised controlled trial among 200 axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) patients, the medical app Axia improved patient-reported disease activity scores, functional status and quality of life.Objective:This companion study aimed ...