A total of 111 participants completed the study. Their aged ranged from 67 to 91 years old and 86 of them (77.4%) were women. The ear acupressure intervention group showed better improvements than the massage therapy intervention group in relation to pain and depression during the treatment period and at one month of follow-up. The best improvement in pain was achieved in the last (3rd) month of ear acupressure treatment (p < 0.001) being the average improvement 8.55 (4.39) with IC 95% (7.14, 9.95). Regarding anxiety, the best results were also observed in the last month of treatment. The average improvement in anxiety was 9.63 (5.00) with IC 95% (8.02, 11.23) CONCLUSIONS: Ear acupressure and massage therapy showed better results than the control group in relation to pain, anxiety and depression. However, ear acupressure achieved more improvements.

resUMenSe define incontinencia urinaria "como la pérdida involuntaria de orina, que condiciona un problema social e higiénico". Existen gran variedad de técnicas para el tratamiento de la incontinencia urinaria.El objetivo es conocer la efectividad clínica de los diversos métodos utilizados para el entrenamiento de la musculatura del suelo pélvico como tratamiento de la incontinencia urinaria femenina de esfuerzo o mixta y su contribución a la mejora de la calidad de vida de estas pacientes.Para ello hemos realizado una revisión sistemáti-ca de ensayos clínicos controlados. Tras analizar los resultados podemos concluir que el tratamiento de la incontinencia urinaria de esfuerzo o mixta mediante ejercicios de entrenamiento de la musculatura del suelo pélvico contribuye de manera positiva a mejorar los síntomas, la fuerza de la musculatura del suelo pélvico y la calidad de vida de las pacientes afectas.Palabras clave. Ejercicio físico. Incontinencia urinaria femenina. Suelo pélvico. Músculo. Entrenamiento. ABsTrAcTUrinary incontinence "as the involuntary loss of urine, which conditions a social and hygienic problem" is defined. There are a variety of techniques for the treatment of urinary incontinence.The aim is to determine the clinical effectiveness of different methods used to train the musculature of the pelvic floor as treatment for female urinary incontinence, both stress and mixed, and its contribution to improving the quality of life of these patients.For this purpose we performed a systematic review of controlled clinical trials. After analysing the results, we conclude that the treatment of stress or mixed urinary incontinence through training exercises for the musculature of the pelvic floor contributes positively to improving symptoms and strengthening the muscles of the pelvic floor and to the quality of life of affected patients.

The purpose of this study was to know the effects of continuous passive mobilization in patients who underwent total knee arthroplasty. A search strategy was developed to retrieve all clinical trials, written in English and/or Spanish, published in the electronic search databases PubMed, Cochrane Library Plus, Dialnet, CSIC and PEDro. The inclusion criteria were: clinical trials published from January 2000 until November 2014 in English or Spanish. Out of 537 clinical trials that were potentially relevant, a total of 12 were included in this review. The evaluation of 1,153 patients shows that there is no significant difference in improving the range of the joint, pain, balance, motion, healing and hospital stay using continuous passive mobilization against the regular physiotherapy treatment for total knee arthroplasty. The application of continuous passive mobilization in the long-term does not provide any benefit in terms of the breadth of the range of the joint, pain and improvement of standing and motion in comparison with conventional postoperative physiotherapy treatment in total knee arthroplasty. In the short term an improvement is obtained in the range of joint motion in knee flexion.

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