Aerobic exercise in reducing pain in knee osteoarthritis
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.31243/mdc.uta.v5i4.1.1106.2021Keywords:
aeróbico < ejercicio < dolor < artrosis < rango articular < fuerza muscular.Abstract
Introduction: Knee osteoarthritis is the onset of a degenerative cartilage disease in which the entire population is immersed, accompanied by pain, functional limitation and inflammation, so exercise is the main source of treatment for health professionals, therefore a treatment based on aerobic exercise has been designed.
Objective: To determine the effectiveness of aerobic exercise to reduce the pain of Knee osteoarthritis between the ages of 45 and 60 years.
Method: A quantitative quasi-experimental study was carried out in 31 patients of the Basic Hospital of Guaranda after signing the informed consent; in whom an aerobic exercise intervention was applied 3 times a week for 40 minutes each session in a total of 10 interventions. The scale of pain, muscle strength, joint range before and after the intervention was applied, analyzing the univariate and bivariate results at a significance level of 5%, through a wilcoxon test for hypothesis testing.
Results: The flexion range of the bilateral joints of the left knee went from 109.35 ± 16.152 to 122.61 ± 5.64, the pain was 2.52 ± 2.52 lowering its intensity 0.58±.807 and the muscle strength returned to normal after the intervention 3.61±.989 to 4.61±.495(5). That for the right knee also shows the null hypothesis was rejected for all three independent variables.
Conclusion: Patients with Knee osteoarthritis have experienced very significant changes in pain reduction, increased strength and increased joint range demonstrating its effectiveness.
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