PHYSICAL EXERCISE THERAPY IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS AND ANKYLOSING SPONDYLOARTHRITIS

Abstract

Rehabilitation of patients with rheumatoid arthritis and ankylosing spondyloarthritis remains one of the most difficult problems of modern rheumatology. Its relevance is due to the progressive course of the disease, the level of damage to the musculoskeletal system, the highest incidence of working-age people, the early onset of a decrease in functional ability, the loss of professional and social skills, the difficulty of physical and psychological flexibility of patients, which leads to great disabilities, is a common medical and social problem causing economic losses. Physical therapy exercises for patients with rheumatoid arthritis and ankylosing spondyloarthritis serve as an effective means of improving functional status in the inpatient and outpatient stages of medical rehabilitation.