1. Historical Introduction;
2. Epidemiology;
3. Genetics;
4. Relationship between ankylosing spondylitis;
5. Clinical features and complications;
6. Pre-ankylosing spondylitis;
7. Radiological and scintigraphic characteristics;
8. Problems in the radiographic technique and in the radiological evaluation of the sacroiliac joints;
9. Pathology and pathogenesis;
10. Laboratory resources;
11. Juvenile spondylitis and related disorders;
12. Diagnostic criteria and their evaluation;
13. Diagnostic problems and differential diagnosis;
14. Drug therapy;
15. Methodology of clinical trials;
16. Therapeutic implications of coexisting disorders;
17. Physical measures in rehabilitation;
18. Socio-household and psychological factors in management;
19. Occupational factors in management;
20. The current position of radiotherapy;
21. Surgery and its complications;
22. Preoperative and anesthetic problems;
23. Post-operative;
24. Management of co-diseases and complications;
25. Experimental models;
26. General summary and conclusions.