Uso de medidas repetidas en pacientes con osteoartritis de rodilla - comparación de resultados en la aplicación de neuromioterapia segmental

Abstract

Osteoarthritis is a common disease in the population, mainly presented in older people, it affects the joints and causes a lot of pain. Efforts in scientific research regarding the treatment of osteoarthritis focus on offering patients better functional ability on the parts of the body involved and decrease pain, this resulting in quality of life. In this research, a clinical method called segmental Neurotherapy was applied to a group of female patients affected, and compared with another group that did not receive it, the effect of the treatment was observed. The objective of the research consists on determining the effect of Neurotherapy in reducing pain. To make comparisons between treatments, nonparametric tests were performed in the intra and inter-group evaluation. Finally, a repeated measures ANOVA was performed.