Universitat Internacional de Catalunya - Barcelona

Specific Intervention Methods in Rhematological Physiotherapy

• code 08250
• course 2
• term Semester 1
• type OB
• credits 3

Module: Specific methods of intervention in Physiotherapy

Matter: Specific methods of intervention in Reumatological Physiotherapy

Main language of instruction: Spanish

Other languages of instruction: Catalan, English,

Head instructor

Dp. Gary Siuming LAU - glau@uic.es

Currently, Physiotherapy in Rheumatology has seen an increase in the demand of attention from the UN due to the increase of the elderly population caused by the increased life expectancy and declining birth rates, as well as for improving the standard of living. Finally, the interest of the person facing health and the implication that coverage supports both public and private should be the same.   Therefore, training in Physiotherapy techniques is essential for the treatment of pain, inflation, deformity, functional capacity and the possibility of functional disability and / or chronic processes, in which the therapist has to achieve a more appropriate role against the repercussions on the individual, family and society of these types of diseases.

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Students must be able to:

• Understand the role of Physiotherapy in patients suffering from chronic conditions.
• Achieve the ability to establish symptomatic and functional diagnosis of a rheumatic patient.
• Plan Physiotherapy treatment against pain and inflammation.
• Restore, preserve and / or improve functional capacity.
• Prevent deformaties and re-eduacate activities of daily living.

• 01 - The ability to analysis and synthesis.
• 02 - The ability to organise and synthesize
• 05 - The ability to manage information.
• 17 - The ability to work responsibly and autonomously, so as to handle job-related activities without the need for strict supervision.
• 28.1 - Capacity for oral and written communication in the native language.
• 28.3 - Show respect, appreciation and sensitivity towards the work of others.
• 30.1 - Teamwork skills.
• 43 - Knowledge of physiotherapeutic procedures based on techniques and methods specific to physiotherapy interventions applied to the various disorders of all systems and medical and surgical specialisations, as well as health promotion and disease prevention.
• 48 - Ability to establish a physiotherapeutic diagnosis according to international norms and using internationally validated assessment tools.
• 48.2 - Ability to assess the patient's/client's needs in order to give priority to the ones that could compromise the rehabilitation process.
• 49 - Ability to design a physiotherapy treatment plan.
• 50 - Ability to execute, direct and coordinate a physiotherapy treatment plan while attending to the client's individual needs and using therapeutic tools specific to the physiotherapy profession.
• 50.1 - Ability to establish and implement physical therapy in treatments provided by all other medical and surgical specialties whenever it is deemed necessary.
• 53 - Capacity to participate within the areas of health promotion and disease prevention.
• 55 - Capacity to incorporate scientific research and an evidence-based practice within the professional culture.

Attending to the objectives and skills, students who have completed the classes:

• Know how to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the main rheumatic diseases.
• Know how to evaluate the functional state of the rheumatic patient and design a physiotherapeutic intervention plan according to criteria of adequacy, validity and efficiency.
• Know how to describe the physiotherapeutic treatments on the major rheumatic disorders.
• Are able to participate in the development of physiotherapy care protocols to restore, preserve and / or enhance the functional capacity of patients

• Manual SER de las enfermedades reumáticas. Sociedad Española de Reumatología.5ª Edición Madrid. Ed. Panamericana 2008
• Buckup, Klaus. Pruebas clínicas para patología ósea, articular y muscular. Masson, 1997
• Enrique R. Mora Amérigo. Rehabilitación y Enfoque Fisioterápico en afecciones reumáticas. 2ª Edición Ed. Aula Médica 2008
• Quesnot, Chanussot. Rehabilitación del Miembro superior. Ed. Panamericana 2010
• C. Ayán Pérez. Fibromialgia. Diagnóstico y estrategias para su rehabilitación. Ed. Panamericana 2010
• Carol David, Jill Lloyd. Rehabilitación reumatológica. Ed. Harcourt 2001
• Le Muscle nouveaux concepts. François Bonnel Thierry Marc Ed. Sauramps Medicale

E: exam date | R: revision date | 1: first session | 2: second session:

• E1 09/01/2020 10:00h
• E2 01/07/2020 10:00h