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Dalila Scaturro, Fabio Vitagliani, Mariasanta Napolitano, Gianluigi Pasta, GIUSEPPINA PASSANTINO, Fausto Arcuri, Sergio Siragusa, Michele Vecchio, Giulia Letizia Mauro _Introduction_: Intramuscular hemorrhages are the second most common type of bleeding in patients with haemophilia. In haemophilic patients, muscle bleeding causes pain and postural defects and requires a long healing time. _Aim: _The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of kinesiotaping, in combination with functional rehabilitation and CO2 laser therapy, in the healing process of MH in patients with haemophilia. _Methods:_ We recruited 39 haemophilia patients who presented with a muscle hematoma. The patients were divided into 2 groups: treatment group treated with kinesiotaping, functional re-education and CO2 laser therapy; and a control group treated with functional re-education and CO2 laser therapy. The evolution of the hematoma was studied ultrasonographically and some evaluation scales (NRS, FISH) were administered. _Results:_ The treatment group, compared to the control group, showed significant improvements in terms of: hematoma diameter (2,36 ± 3,32 vs 6,47 ± 3,37; p

Dalila Scaturro, VALERIA DI PASQUALE, Fabio Vitagliani, Pietro Terrana, Sofia Tomasello, Vincenzo Falco, Daniele Cuntrera, Giulia Letizia Mauro Background: Obesity is the main risk factor for hip osteoarthritis, negatively affecting the outcome of the disease. We evaluated the effectiveness of viscosupplementation with hybrid hyaluronic acid compared to that with high molecular weight hyaluronic acid in overweight/obese patients with hip osteoarthritis. Methods: 80 were divided into two groups: a treatment group received two eco-guided intra-articular hip injections of hybrid HA 15 days apart; a control group received a single ultrasound-guided infiltration with medium-high molecular weight hyaluronic acid (1500-2000 kDa). We assessed the pain, functional and cardiovascular capacity of the patients at baseline, after 3 months, and after 6 months of the infiltrative sessions. Results: The treatment group showed greater improvements in the scores on the NRS scale (5.4 ± 0.8 vs 6.3 ± 0.8; p