Intervention of autotherapy by patients with rheumatoid arthritis

The bachelor thesis deals with the problematics of rheumatoid arthritis and its autotherapy. The rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease affecting synovial lining of the joints, bursas, and tendons with many extra-articular symptoms. The target of the thesis is to find adequate options of physiotherapy and to suggest exercise unit which will create the basis for an educational material for the autotherapy of the patients with the rheumatoid arthritis. In the theoretical part, I have focused on the anatomy of the joint, the concept of rheumatology and the definition of the rheumatoid arthritis. The current condition, the etiopathogenesis, the diagnostics, the clinical picture, the prognosis, and finally the treatment and the therapy of this disease. Into the research part, I have included the thesis's targets, the research questions, the methodics, and the results. I have chosen a qualitative research survey with the help of the casuistries of five patients, who went through the input and output examination including the collection of personal data and anamneses, the kinesiology analysis, the Barthel, Index Test, and the Four Step Square Test. The input examination contained, moreover, the signature of The Informed Consent, the footprint, and the photo-documentation of the arms and the legs. The hands and the feet rehabilitation plan was laid down based on the examination. The therapy was successful in the all patients' cases. The regular intervened autotherapy caused the pain and joint stiffness relief, the momentum improvement mainly of the spine and upper limbs, and then the improvement of the arms and the lower limbs. The research results point out that the methods of the physiotherapy were adequately chosen because the therapy has the positive effect. This thesis and the educative material created on its basis can help patients themselves with the rheumatoid arthritis as well as the patients with other types of musculoskeletal-system diseases. It could then help the physiotherapists in practise with individual or group physiotherapy or the other persons with physical care of joints and musculoskeletal system