[Articular manifestations of inflammatory bowel disease]

A review of articular manifestations of ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease is presented. The concept of seronegative spondyloarthropathies is examined. The differences between the form, compromising only the appendiculary skeleton, whose articular manifestations have a correlation with disease activity and, with the form, compromising the axial skeleton, mimetizing ankylosing spondylitis in which articular manifestations have their course independent of intestinal activity. The treatment of articular manifestation, with special emphasis to the importance of physiotherapy in the treatment of axial skeleton alterations is discussed.