- Docente: Francesco Ursini
- Credits: 2
- SSD: MED/16
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Orthopaedics Techniques (cod. 5915)
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from Oct 05, 2023 to Oct 24, 2023
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, the student has the knowledge and ability to understand the pathophysiological bases, symptoms and signs of the main rheumatic diseases.
Course contents
- Outline of anatomy, histology and physiology of the musculoskeletal system
- Pathophysiology of rheumatic diseases
- Semeiotics of inflammatory and non-inflammatory joint diseases
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Axial spondyloarthritis (SpA)
- Peripheral spondyloarthritis (SpA)
- Infectious arthritis
- Crystal-induced arthritis (gout, CPPD)
- Inflammatory myopathies
- Polymyalgia rheumatica
- Connective tissue diseases
- Fibromyalgia
- Osteoporosis
- Vascular bone diseases
- Paget's disease
Readings/Bibliography
Unireuma, Reumatologia per le professioni sanitarie, Idelson-Gnocchi Editrice.
Teaching methods
Frontal lessons
Assessment methods
Oral exam
Teaching tools
The didactic material (slides) presented during the lesson will be made available to students on the Virtual portal. In addition, the slides of the lessons are provided with a bibliography in the margin, in order to allow the student any further information
Office hours
See the website of Francesco Ursini