InterCriteria Analysis of Data Obtained from Patients with Behterev’s Disease

Abstract

This paper continues series of research on application of the novel approach of InterCriteria Analysis (ICrA) to medical data. It describes a new method of analyzing the treatment results of patients with Behterev’s disease in order to aid the decision making process for treatment course - InterCriteria Analysis. The ICrA analysis is applied on the results of medicine, physiotherapeutic treatment and kinesitherapeutical program characteristics. The main goal is an improvement of general quality of patients’ life through practices of specific methodology of kinesitherapy and ergotherapy. The object of empirical study is health status of patients suffering Rheumatoid spondylitis in relation to their current life conditions. Here are analyzed the data from observation about 25 patients (14 women and 11 men, aged 25 to 67). The results confirm previously performed research, showing that the muscles in the human body are closely connected and the improving of one movement will lead to improving another. The obtained results also prove applicability of ICrA to the researched problem, give grounds for extending its application and potential of further in-depth study.

Keywords

• intercriteria аnalysis
• decision making
• bechterev's disease
• ankylosing spondylitis