Rheumatoid Arthritis: Current Trends in Diagnostics, Conservative Treatment and Surgical Reconstruction Baumgartner, H.; etc.; Dvorak, Jiri; Grob, Dieter; Munzinger, Urs and Simmen, Beat

This collection of articles describes all aspects of the state-of-art of rheumatoid arthritis, ranging from treatment/therapy, diagnosis and trends. The sections include: conservative treatment; reconstruction of the lower extremity ability to walk; spine vital function; and reconstruction of the upper extremity - ability to work and remain independent. The book should be of interest to orthopaedists and internists (rheumatologists).