Australian-New Zealand Clinical Trial: Diaphragmatic and thoracic manual therapy plus exercise to improve chest expansion in people with ankylosing spondylitis

Australia, Nov. 10 -- The Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (ANZCTR) received information related to the study titled ‘Diaphragmatic and thoracic manual therapy plus exercise to improve chest expansion in people with ankylosing spondylitis’. The following are the other relevant details related to the trial:

Trial ID: 392106

Submit Date: 6/23/26 6:42

Study Type: Interventional

Intervention: Arm 1 (Experimental group): Participants will receive a National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE)-based multimodal exercise programme combined with diaphragmatic and thoracic manual therapy. The exercise programme includes spinal mobility exercises, strengthening exercises, postural exercises, breathing exercises and aerob...