Rehabilitation in psoriatic arthritis.

J Rheumatol Suppl

Fondazione Maugeri, IRCCS, Research Institute for Rehabilitative Medicine, Scientific Institute of Telese Terme (BN), Telese Terme, 82037 Italy.

Published: August 2009

This article summarizes the state of the art of rehabilitation in psoriatic arthritis (PsA). Very little evidence was available to assess the efficacy of rehabilitation. Some data were borrowed from studies on ankylosing spondylitis. Covering certain aspects of the disease by the standard measure of functioning was difficult. However, rehabilitation was considered by the GRAPPA Group (Group for Research and Assessment of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis), as part of treatment of axial PsA.

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