- Docente: Riccardo Meliconi
- Credits: 2
- SSD: MED/16
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Physiotherapy (cod. 8476)
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, the student wuold be able to undertsand the basic pathophysiology, symptoms and signs of the most common joint disorders
Course contents
General classification of rheumatic joint diseases. Main lab and imaging investigations. overview of pharamcologocal treatments.
Acute joint disease: Rheumatic fever, septic arthritis
Polymyalgia Rheumatica
Rheumatoid Arthritis Seronegative Spondyloarthitides
Connective tissue diseases: Systemic Lupis Erythematosus, Scleroderma, Sjogren Syndrome, myositis
Microcristal arthropathy
Medical bone disorders : osteoporosis, Paget Disease, Chronic Regional pain Syndrome
Osteoarthrosis
Readings/Bibliography
UNIREUMA
Rumatologia per le professioni sanitarie
Ed Idelson-Gnocchi
Teaching methods
Frontal teaching with slides
Assessment methods
Multiple choice question test
Teaching tools
PC slides
Office hours
See the website of Riccardo Meliconi