Redução da dor em mulheres com osteoporose submetidas a um programa de atividade física

• Autor(a) principal: Driusso, Patricia
• Data de Publicação: 2008
• Outros Autores: Neves, Valéria Ferreira Camargo, Granito, Renata Neves, Renno, Ana Claudia Muniz [UNIFESP], Oishi, Jorge
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UNIFESP
• Texto Completo: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1809-29502008000300007; http://repositorio.unifesp.br/handle/11600/4528
• topic: Exercise therapy; Osteoporosis; Pain; Dor; Osteoporose; Terapia por exercício

This paper aimed at evaluating the effect of a physical activity program onto the level of pain as perceived by women with osteoporosis. Fifteen women (mean age 59±7.6 years old) with bone-densitometry diagnosis of lumbar osteoporosis took part in the study; they all took analgesics at least thrice a week in the month prior to the study. Pain was assessed by questions extracted from the Osteoporosis Assessment Questionnaire both before and after the program; scores ranged from 0 (no pain) to 10 (pain everyday). The program consisted of walking, lower and upper limb free exercises, massage, and relaxation, twice a week, during 28 weeks. Data were statistically analysed. A significant decrease in pain was found after the program (from 7.33±3.05 to 4.17±2.61, p=0,0007), and a lesser use of analgesics was reported. These results suggest that the program of physical activity brought pain relief, thus contributing to improve quality of life of women with osteoporosis.