Rehabilitation in systemic sclerosis: proposed personalised rehabilitation programme

The multilocalized, multidisciplinary protocol developed by our rehabilitation team led to a significant reduction in disability perceived by patients, independently of the disease duration. The beneficial effects at the end of the first cycle were reproduced in the subsequent cycles. Nevertheless, there was a tendency of progressive efficacy reduction in following cycles, due to increased disability caused by disease stage. Impact of rehabilitation: We believe that our results demonstrate the utility of personalised, multilocalized, multidisciplinary rehabilitation treatment in slowing the evolution of systemic sclerosis.