RHEUMATIC DISEASES
cod. 15909

Academic year 2009/10
2° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Reumatologia (MED/16)
Field
Scienze fisioterapiche
Type of training activity
Characterising
18 hours
of face-to-face activities
1 credits
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course unit
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Course unit divided into the following partitions:

Integrated course unit module: PATHOLOGY OF THE LOCOMOTOR APPARTUS

Learning objectives

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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.

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

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1) Classification of Rheumatic Diseases <br />
2) Inflammatory Arthropathies <br />
a) Rheumatoid Arthritis <br />
< /SPAN> b) Seronegative spondyloarthritis (ankylosing spondylitis, psoriasis arthropathy) <br />
3) Notes on Connectivitis (LES, Scleroderma, Dermato-polymyositis <br />
4) Notes on Vasculitis (Polymyalgia Rheumatica, Temporal arthritis <br />
5) Osteoarthrosis <br />
6) Microcrystalline Arthropathies (gout, etc) <br />
7) Extra-articular rheumatism (Fibromyalgia) 8) Osteoporosis  

Full programme

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Bibliography

RHEUMATIC DISEASES <br />
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S. TODESCO, P.F GAMBARI <br />
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ED. MAC GRAW HILL <br />
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PROFESSOR'S NOTES

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