Musculoskeletal Network Features Functional Assessment in RA Series
NORWALK, Conn., June 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- UBM Medica US today announced that Musculoskeletal Network, an online resource for unique and efficient management of musculoskeletal disorders, now features a 5-article series on functional assessment in rheumatoid arthritis as an essential component of "treat to target" management strategies.
The series, authored by Terence W. Starz, MD, and colleagues at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, provides physicians with a practical approach to a better understanding of function in RA, including the following components:
- An update on the treat to target movement and new management strategies for RA.
- A standardized vocabulary for describing function, based on the World Health Organization's International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health.
- How impairments in body systems caused by RA can affect function and how patients can adapt their activities to cope with these impairments.
- How functional assessment in RA may be incorporated into clinical practice.
- The nurse's role in the multidisciplinary care management algorithm for patients with RA and other rheumatologic conditions.
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