Case study of physiotherapy treatment of a patient with rheumatoid arthritis

Author: Hana Benetková Title of bachelor's thesis: Case study of physiotherapy treatment of a patient with rheumatoid arthritis Summary: The aim of this bachelor's thesis is to become familiar with the issues of rheumatoid arthritis and develop case study of the patient with this diagnosis. This work is divided into general and special part. General part is focused on etiology, pathogenesis, clinical picture, diagnostics and treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. Special part was compiled on the base of the coherent expert internship at the Rheumatology Institute in Prague during the period from 14.1.2013 to 8.2.2013. This part includes anamnesis, input and output kinesiology analysis, aims and design of the therapy, therapy progress and evaluation of the therapy effect. Key words: rheumatology, rheumatoid arthritis, physiotherapy, case stud