Research Report Abstracts - Gesundheit

WPT2011, Research Report Abstracts eS1051
infectious diseases and cancer, making use of medication for
pain relief) and be sedentary, were divided into 2 groups.
Methods: Two groups, group 1 subjected to sessions of
specific exercise containing warm-up exercises, metabolic
exercise, stretching hamstrings, soleus, gastrocnemius,
gluteal, paraspinal, quadratus lumborum, hip abductor
strengthening, pelvic floor and external and internal obliques,
pelvic mobility exercises and relaxation and group 2 subjected
to surface heat type Standard Hydrocollator Steam
Pack. Ten sessions were conducted, 3 times a week.
Analysis: Statistical analysis was performed using the Student
t test for paired comparisons before and after each group
being significant at p < 0.05.
Results: The results of this study in relation to pain intensity
measured on the 1st and on the 5th session of treatment
showed a statistically significant reduction of p < 0.01 for
both G1 (p = 0.004318), and G2 (p = 0.000422). When comparing
with the intensity of the pain in 5th session and final
evaluation although the numbers show a reduction or maintenance
of pain intensity, the values were not considered
statistically significant, p < 0.01, G1 (p = 0.317426) and G2
(p = 0.211325).
Conclusions: This study suggests that specific programs of
exercise and heat superficial in reduces the lumbar-pelvic
pain, but the superficial heat therapy proved significantly
more effective therapy compared with kinesiotherapy specific.
Implications: Through this study suggests that specific programs
of exercise and heat superficial were both effective
alternatives to physical therapy techniques to reduce posterior
lumbar-pelvic pain.
Keywords: Pregnant; Posterior lumbar-pelvic pain; Surface
heat/exercise
Funding acknowledgements: None.
Ethics approval: The study was approved by the Ethics in
Research of the Centro Universitário Vila Velha, with protocol
number 163/09.
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EFFECTIVENESS OF TRANSCUTANEOUS
ELECTRICAL NERVE STIMULATION,
THERAPEUTIC EXERCISE AND THE PURSUIT OF
THE ASSOCIATION OF TWO TECHNIQUES IN
KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS
Yamada E. 1 , Rodrigues P.L. 2 , Almeida F.R. 2 , Nicolau
G.P. 3 , Gomes I.A. 2 , Zanetti L.F. 4
1Universidade Federal do Pampa, Campus Uruguaiana,
Uruguaiana, Brazil, 2Centro Universitário Vila Velha,
Fisioterapia, Vila Velha, Brazil, 3Centro Unirsitario Vila
Velha, Fisioterapia, Vila Velha, Brazil, 4Centro Universitário
Vila Velha, Fisioterapia, Brasil, Brazil
Purpose: The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness
of Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS)
techniques, therapeutic exercise and combining these two
techniques for reducing pain, walking time, strength gain,
muscle flexibility and increased functionality in patients with
osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee.
Relevance: Osteoarthritis (OA) is one of the most frequent
diseases of the musculo-skeletal degenerative linked or not
an inflammatory processes, which affects synovial joints
and is characterized by changes in articular cartilage, soft
tissues and bones, with the presence of Fibrin zones and fissures
cartilage and subchondral bone thickness osteochondral
marginal proliferations, which lead to joint deformity, accompanied
by pain and progressive reduction of joint function.
One of the most common sites of involvement of the disease
is the knee joint, because they support large discharges
of weight. Several symptoms are present in OA, such as
pain, joint stiffness, decreased muscle strength and endurance
leading to difficulty to handle workloads, reduce the active
range of motion and passive, and generate impairments and
functional limitations related to gait and posture.
Participants: Thirty patients aged over 39 years, clinical
diagnosis of osteoarthritis of the knee, radiologic examination
with medical report, and confirmation of the exclusion
criteria: individuals who had knee surgical procedure, intraarticular
injections in the knee, thrombotic events, heart
disease, use of artificial pacemaker, uncontrolled hypertension,
rheumatoid arthritis, cancer.
Methods: Patients were divided into 3 groups: group 1 was
submitted to TENS, group 2, exercise therapy and group 3 the
combination of two techniques, TENS and exercise therapy.
10 sessions were conducted, 3 times a week. The patients
were evaluated before and after the test concerning pain based
on the visual analog scale, time to walk 8 meters, the testing
of one repetition maximum (1 RM) as the chain flexibility of
later using the sit and reach test and algofunctional Lequesne.
Analysis: Statistical analysis was performed using the Student
t test for paired comparisons before and after each group
being significant at p < 0.05, very significant to p < 0.01 and