title: [Significance of physical activity for the patient with rheumatism--some psychosomatic reflections].
abstract: Psychosomatic studies in patients with rheumatic diseases have shown the great importance of physical activity. Both educational and constitutional factors play a major role. The early inhibition of physical activity and the suppression of aggressive impulses are responsible for a typical personality structure of the patients. Physical activity is considered to be a substitute for impaired aggressivity and a defense mechanism against depressivity. These factors are clarified by a case report of a patient with rheumatoid arthritis. Practical implications for the management of patients with rheumatic diseases are demonstrated.
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D005082:Physical Exertion; D011565:Psoriasis / Q000523:psychology; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D012803:Sick Role
vernacular_title: Die Bedeutung der körperlichen Aktivität für den Rheumatiker--Einige psychosomatische Uberlegungen.