Esclerodermia sistêmica: estudo de caso

Abstract

Introduction: Systemic scleroderma is a rare autoimmune rheumatic disease of Unknown etiology that involves changes in the skin, muscles and internal organs. Objective: To evaluate and identify changes in a patient with systemic scleroderma. Materials and Methods: This is a case report of a patient with systemic scleroderma, who underwent a physical terapy evaluation at the school clinic of Faculdade União de Goyazes. Results: The functional capacity test revealed that the patient has mild deficiency. In the physical evaluation it was evidenced that she presents many musculoskeletal alterations.Conclusion: We conclude that this pathology has a great diversity, in which the patient presents most of them.