Efectividad de la hidroterapia para disminuir el dolor y mejorar la calidad de vida y función física en adultos con osteoartritis de rodilla: revisión sistemática

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Efectividad de la hidroterapia para disminuir el dolor y mejorar la calidad de vida y función física en adultos con osteoartritis de rodilla: revisión sistemática ABSTRACTObjective: To determine the effectiveness of hydrotherapy to reduce pain, improve quality of life and physical function in adults with knee osteoarthritis, by collecting the various scienti fic studies of high methodological quality on the date published.Material and methods: A systematic review of five com puterized bibliographic databases was performed: PEDro and MEDLINE. We included randomized controlled trials with pa tients diagnosed with knee osteoarthritis trials. Articles publish ed from January 1, 2004 to the July 31, 2014 in Spanish and English were selected. Study screening: Studies were indepen dently selected, unblinded, by two reviewers. The PEDro scale was used to classify the studies.Results: Of the 119 studies that could potentially have been included. In determining the criteria for inclusion and exclusion only 6 items were selected for analysis.Conclusions: There is strong evidence that the use of hydrothe rapy is effective in the treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee in adults over 50 years with a minimum follow up of 6 weeks.

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