RHEUMATIC DISEASES
COD. 15909
TYPE OF COURSE: COMPULSORY SUBJECTS, CHARACTERISTIC OF THE CLASS
Learning outcomes of the course unit
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Know the main inflammatory and degenerative rheumatic diseases; know how to describe them from a clinical point of view and above all know the main therapeutic implications from a physiotherapeutic point of view.
Course contents summary
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1) Classification of Rheumatic Diseases
2) Inflammatory Arthropathies
a) Rheumatoid Arthritis
< /SPAN> b) Seronegative spondyloarthritis (ankylosing spondylitis, psoriasis arthropathy)
3) Notes on Connectivitis (LES, Scleroderma, Dermato-polymyositis
4) Notes on Vasculitis (Polymyalgia Rheumatica, Temporal arthritis
5) Osteoarthrosis
6) Microcrystalline Arthropathies (gout, etc)
7) Extra-articular rheumatism (Fibromyalgia) 8) Osteoporosis
Recommended readings
RHEUMATIC DISEASES
S. TODESCO, P.F GAMBARI
ED. MAC GRAW HILL
PROFESSOR'S NOTES
NAME OF LECTURER
TROISE RIODA Valter
ACADEMIC YEAR: 2008/2009
YEAR OF STUDY: 2
SEMESTER: I° semestre
NUMBER OF CREDITS: 1
CONTACT HOURS 18
