Efeito do exercício de vibração do corpo inteiro isolado ou combinado com auriculoterapia na dor e no arco de movimento do joelho de indivíduos com osteoartrite do joelho

• Autor(a) principal: Sobrinho Neto, Samuel Brandão
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UERJ
• Texto Completo: http://www.bdtd.uerj.br/handle/1/14984
• topic: Whole body vibration exercise; Auriculotherapy; Pain and articular mobility; Knee osteoarthritis; Exercício de vibração do corpo inteiro; Auriculoterapia; Dor; Mobilidade articular; Osteoartrite do joelho; Osteoartrite - Tratamento; Vibração - Uso terapêutico; Auriculoterapia; Osteoartrite do joelho; Dor - Tratamento; CNPQ::CIENCIAS DA SAUDE::FISIOTERAPIA E TERAPIA OCUPACIONAL

Knee osteoarthritis is a disease associated with a defective integrity of articular cartilage, changes in the bone at the joint margins and inflammation can be presented. It is characterized by the degeneration of articular cartilage with the presence of pain, muscle weakness, joint instability, and limited range of the movement of the knee. Putting together all the previous considerations and to our knowledge, this is the first work aiming to study the effect of whole body vibration (WBV) exercise alone or combined with auriculotherapy (AT) in the pain and in the range of movement of the knees of participants with knee osteoarthritis. The level of pain was evaluated by the visual analogue scale and the range of the movement of the knees by goniemetry. These evaluations were performed before and after first session (acute effect) and before the first and after the last session (cumulative effect). A significant (p<0.05) decrease of the level of pain in the participants with knee osteoarthritis treated with WBV exercise and with the combined intervention (WBV and AT) was found in the acute and cumulative effects. In the control groups, no alteration on the level of the pain was observed. The range of the movement (flexion) of the knees of the participants of the various groups was not altered in the participants of the all group. Despite the limitations, it is possible to conclude that the level of the pain was decreased (acute and cumulative effects), due to, probably, to biological effects associated with the treatments involving the intervention with WBV exercise alone or combined with auriculotherapy, that are two non-pharmacological interventions, in indididuals with knee osteoarthritis. However, more studies are need to widespread use of these forms of treatment.