I80. Why Measure Disease Activity and What Should we Aim to Achieve?

What should we hope to achieve when treating rheumatoid arthritis?

Functional measures, Part 1: What is function, what should we measure, and how should we measure it?

O ccupational therapists, physical therapists, nurses, social workers, psychologists, and physicians all share a common concern with promoting functional independence of their clients. In addition, members of each profession might administer functional assessments or implement interventions intended to enhance the functional independence of their clients. This often makes us uneasy or results i...

Physical and Physiological Testing of Soccer Players: Why, What and How should we Measure?

Monitoring soccer players is important for evaluating individual and collective team behavior during training sessions and games, in addition to informing recovery strategies and load management. Modern micro-technology allows assessment of physical, technical and tactical performance parameters in “realworld” conditions. However, physical testing performed either in laboratories or on the pitc...

Pulmonary arterial compliance: How and why should we measure it?

The pulmonary circulation is a high-flow/low-pressure system, coupled with a flow generator chamber-the right ventricle-, which is relatively unable to tolerate increases in afterload. A right heart catheterization, using a fluid-filled, balloon-tipped Swan-Ganz catheter allows the measurement of all hemodynamic parameters characterizing the pulmonary circulation: the inflow pressure, an accept...

Erythema nodosum :what should we consider about it?