Pulsed therapeutic ultrasound in the treatment of persons with knee osteoarthritis

Knee osteoarthritis is a chronic, degenerative disease without therapeutic interventions toward prevent the articular cartilage deterioration, thus pain and functionality limitation are the main goals of the physical therapy treatment. The therapeutic ultrasound is a common physical modality used fo...

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Autores: Rodríguez Grande, Eliana Isabel, Ramírez Ramírez, Liliana Carolina
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:Colombia
Institución:Universidad Industrial de Santander
Repositorio:Repositorio UIS
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:noesis.uis.edu.co:20.500.14071/8830
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.uis.edu.co/index.php/revistasaluduis/article/view/5142
https://noesis.uis.edu.co/handle/20.500.14071/8830
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Pain
rehabilitation
ultrasound therapy
physiotherapy
physical modalities
Dolor
rehabilitación
terapia por ultrasonido
fisioterapia
modalidades de fisioterapia
osteoartritis de rodilla
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Sumario:Knee osteoarthritis is a chronic, degenerative disease without therapeutic interventions toward prevent the articular cartilage deterioration, thus pain and functionality limitation are the main goals of the physical therapy treatment. The therapeutic ultrasound is a common physical modality used for the treatment of osteoarthritis, however, the results reported in the literature about the therapeutic effect of this physical modality in patients with knee osteoarthritis are contradictory and limits clinical decision making. Therefore, we made a critical analysis of scientific evidence about this matter, we made an approached to the appropriate parameters to achieve therapeutic effects and we analyzed the possible mechanisms by which these effects can occur.