[Physical factors in the treatment of patients with spondylarthritis]

Therapy of patients with spondylarthritis (SA) remains one of the most difficult problems of modern rheumatology. Its relevance is due to the high frequency of damage to people of working age, the progressive course of the disease and early disability. The basis of SA therapy is a combination of pharmacological and non-pharmacological methods. The article published studies on the use of physiotherapy in patients with SA. An analysis of the literature data indicates the existence of a sufficiently large number of publications confirming the feasibility of using physical factors in the treatment of patients with SA. It is shown that an integrated approach to the treatment of this group of patients provides the greatest efficiency. However, studies on the use of physiotherapy in patients with SA with a high level of evidence are clearly not enough. Still unresolved issues related to the approval of clinical recommendations for therapy with physical factors, the features of the use of physiotherapy depending on the degree of activity and the stage of medical rehabilitation. The development and approval of clinical recommendations for the use of physical factors in the complex therapy of patients with SA is one of the urgent tasks of modern rheumatology and medical rehabilitation.