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Sinergic Effect of Therapeutic Ultrasound and Low-Level Laser Therapy in the Treatment of Hands and Knees Ostheoarthritis
- Source :
- Journal of Arthritis.
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- OMICS Publishing Group, 2018.
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Abstract
- Osteoarthritis is a degenerative joint disease that affects predominantly hands and knees of the elderly population, being characterized by chronic pain and limitation of joint movements. Therapeutic approaches to ease the pain, as low-intensity pulsed ultrasound and photobiomodulation (low-level laser therapy) have been broadly used as a complement to drug treatment of osteoarthritis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the synergic effect of LIPUS associated to LLLT on osteoarthritis of hands and knees. For this, 69 patients, being 48 affected by knee osteoarthritis and 21 affected by hand osteoarthritis were selected for the study. Patients were evaluated by the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) for knee osteoarthritis and by Australian Canadian Osteoarthritis Hand (AUSCAN), for hands osteoarthritis. All patients filled out the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) pain questionnaire, which showed statistical improvement of hands (p
- Subjects :
- musculoskeletal diseases
030203 arthritis & rheumatology
medicine.medical_specialty
WOMAC
Therapeutic ultrasound
Visual analogue scale
business.industry
medicine.medical_treatment
Chronic pain
Osteoarthritis
medicine.disease
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Laser therapy
Quality of life
medicine
Physical therapy
business
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Low level laser therapy
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Details
- ISSN :
- 21677921
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Arthritis
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........6e0a33d5daacf5e003eac4458833d808
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.4172/2167-7921.1000277