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This study aimed to describe how physiotherapists in clinical practice understand and examine balance and stability problems in rheumatoid arthritis patients. Fourteen experienced physiotherapists met weekly in order to develop a consensus about these issues. Balance was defined as the ability to avoid falling when keeping an upright position or during motion. Stability was defined as the ability to hold joint position throughout its range and to avoid movement about non-physiological axes when keeping a position and during motion. The physiotherapy examination included identification and classification of balance and stability problems, examination of the impact from factors that may be related to these problems, and determination of consequences for patients' activities of daily living. Balance and stability are emphasised by physiotherapists in their clinical practice, but these aspects are rarely discussed within the scientific literature of rheumatology

Langue : ANGLAIS

Tiré à part : OUI

Identifiant basis : 2000213589