Rheumatoid Arthritis of the Hand

informatie en inschrijfformulier: http://www.handweb.eu/HTSymposium/

Hand therapy Symposium - April 20th 2007 - Rheumatoid Arthritis of the Hand
Erasmus MC University Rotterdam

Invited speakers:
John K. Stanley, Professor of Upper Limb Surgery, Department of Upper Limb Surgery, Wrightington Hospital, England and Alberto

L. Lluch from the Department of Hand and Upper Extremity Surgery, Kaplan Institut, Barcelona, Spain

Subjects mornig session:
• Soft tissue surgery in Rheumatoid Arthritis of the hand
• Joint implants in Rheumatoid Arthritis
• The assessment, timing and planning Rheumatoid hand surgery
• Etiopathogenesis of the MCP joint deformities

Afternoon sessions
The surgeons will join Professor Stanley in surgical practice in the anatomic lab.
The therapists will continue with subjects related to Rheumatoid Hand and:
• Intrinsic minus splinting
• How to measure outcome
• Outcome of implant surgery

More information http://www.handweb.eu/HTSymposium/