Physiotherapy and physical therapy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Author: Andrea Loukotová Institution: Department of Rehabilitation Medicine The Faculty of Medicine in Hradec Králové Title: Physiotherapy and physical therapy in patiens with rhematoid arthritis Supervisor: Mgr. Zuzana Hamarová Pages: 80 Inserts: 6 The year of presentation: 2015 Keywords: Rheumathoid arthritis, physiotherapy, physical terapy, rheumatology The Bachelor's thesis deals with the topic of possibilities of physiotherapy and physical therapy for patients with rheumatoid arthritisdiagnosis. In the theoretical part it handles the epidemiology, etiology, etiopathogenesis, clinical picture, diagnostics and differential diagnostics. It introduces the assessment of disease activity, functional disability diagnosis and evaluation of radiographic progression. Presents acomprehensive pharmacological therapy, rheumatosurgery andnon-pharmacological care. It develops complex physical therapy according to various stages of humoral activity. Two specific case reports of patients diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis have been described and elaborated in the practical part. The work and reports are focused on testing and therapy used for these particularpatients. The differences between them are both in different pharmacological therapy and physiotherapeutic approach and in the psychological factors..