Synopsis:
This video tape includes a discussion of: symptoms and signs of osteoarthritis, the most common types of arthritis; job associated osteoarthritis symptoms and signs of the less common types (diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis, polymyalgia rheumatic and temoporal arthritis); epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA); goals of RA management; medications available and therapeutic implications in elders; and rehabilitation approaches for the older adult with arthritis.
Objectives:
After seeing this videotape, the viewer should be able to:
- Identify the rheumatic disease peculiar to the elderly patient.
- Name the mode of presentation, work-up and treatment modalities of osteoarthritis, temporal arthritis/polymyalgia rheumatic and diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH)
- Summarize the rationale for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis
- Name the new available therapies, their mechanism of action, effectiveness and safety profile.
- Identify patients that could get additional benefits from the use of new therapies
- Discuss therapeutic intervention adaptations for the older adult with arthritis
- State the benefits of physical activity for the older adult with arthritis
- Describe various therapies available for the older adult with arthritis.
Faculty:
Angela Campbell, PT, DTP, CCS – Ms. Campbell is a clinical insturtior and Staff Physical Therapist at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).
Hugo E. Jasin, MD, FACP, MACR – Dr. Jasin is Director of the Dicision of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, UAMS and a staff physician at CAVHS, a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and a Master of the American College of Rheumatology.
Ricardo Zuniga, MD, FACR – Dr. Zuniga is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, UAMS and a staff physican at CAVHS and a Fellow of the American College of Rheumatology.
Panel: Kellie Coleman, MS; Susan Stype, OTR/L; Karla Chenault, OTR/L, CHT