[Complex therapy of rheumatic diseases].

Chronic progressing rheumatic diseases are not accessible to a satisfactory rehabilitation by a sole medicamentous treatment. In specialized departments of hospitals already very good results are achieved by the additional, coordinated use of operative and conservative orthopaedic measures, the physiotherapy and working therapy as well as by a psychological and social care apart from the treatment of lesions of the organs and sequels. The principle of the complex therapy in the hospital is gradually to be transferred to the outpatient care, achieving a full success of rehabilitation using rational methods of work.