Learning objectives
he students should achieve basic knowledge of rheumatic deseases
Prerequisites
have passed first year exams
Course unit content
The course focuses on topics of reumathology of interst in the field of Physioteraphy.
Full programme
Classification of rheumatic diseases. The inflammatory arthropathy: clinical features, differential diagnosis and therapy: rheumatoid arthritis, seronegative arthritis (ankylosing spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis, Reiter's syndrom. - Connectivitis: clinical features, differential diagnosis and therapy, SLE, sclerodermia, vasculitis dermatopolymyositis: clinical features, differential diagnosis and terapy: polymyalgia rheumatica, temporal arteritis. Osteoarthritis: clinical features, differential diagnosis and therapy. - Microcrystalline arthropathies: clinical features, differential diagnosis and therapy. - Extra-articular rheumatism: clinical features, differential diagnosis and therapy. - Fibromyalgia: clinical features, differential diagnosis and therapy. Osteoporosis Paget's disease neuroalgodistrofiaThe treatment of rheumatic diseases: NSAIDs, steroids, therapies skiing