Aquatic exercises in the treatment of hip and knee osteoarthritis in the elderly
Introduction: Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common and most enduring physical disability of patients in the Western world. Stimulating the practice of exercise can help reduce physical disabilities and comorbidities, and can improve the quality of life of patients. Objective: To analyze if current...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2019 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Instituto Brasileiro de Ensino e Pesquisa em Fisiologia do Exercício (IBPEFEX) |
| Repositorio: | Revista Brasileira de Prescrição e Fisiologia do Exercício |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.www.rbpfex.com.br:article/1598 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://www.rbpfex.com.br/index.php/rbpfex/article/view/1598 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Exercise Osteoarthritis Hip Knee Hydrotherapy Ejercicio Osteoartritis Cadera Rodilla Hidroterapia Esercizio Osteoartrite Anca Ginocchio Idroterapia Exercício Quadril Joelho HIdroterapia |
| Sumario: | Introduction: Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common and most enduring physical disability of patients in the Western world. Stimulating the practice of exercise can help reduce physical disabilities and comorbidities, and can improve the quality of life of patients. Objective: To analyze if current evidence justifies the use of aquatic exercises as a treatment of hip and knee osteoarthritis in the elderly. Methods: This is a narrative review of indexed articles written in the Portuguese and English languages, which analyzed as primary or secondary outcomes: pain, muscular strength and quality of life in elderly patients with diagnosis of OA of the knee and hip, being treated with water exercises. We included articles with aquatic treatment, even when compared with a physiotherapy group in soil and / or control group. Results: Seven articles were selected, having as an outcome the improvement of pain, quality of life and muscle strength. An improvement in the quality of life was seen in 3 articles and one saw no significant difference. The pain was improved in 4 studies and 2 other articles showed no improvement. Conclusion: The present study demonstrated that the aquatic exercises can be an efficient strategy in the treatment of patients with osteoarthritis of knee and hip. In some studies, there was an improvement in the pain of patients, as well as the improvement of muscle strength, improving their quality of life. Further studies are needed to corroborate the efficacy of aquatic exercises in the treatment of hip and knee OA in the elderly. |
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