Effects of weekly and fortnightly therapeutic exercise on physical function and health-related quality of life in individuals with hip osteoarthritis

Effect on health-related quality of life of a multimodal physiotherapy program in patients with chronic musculoskeletal disorders

“…Frasen et al [43] and Jigami et al [44] observed how, in their intervention groups, patients achieved significant but not clinically relevant improvements of 4.0 and 0.9 in PHS and 0.9, in both studies, in MHS, respectively. These results are also comparable to those obtained in the OA group in this study, which achieved improvements of 3.45 and 2.99 (Table 2) in PHS and MHS, respectively.…”

Efecto de 24 sesiones de entrenamiento de fuerza en un paciente con gonartrosis bilateral: a propósito de un caso

“…La fuerza muscular es una cualidad física que debe ser estimulada en pacientes con OA, ya que, por su relación con una mayor movilidad y velocidad de la marcha, posibilita de esta manera una mayor independencia funcional, debido al aumento de la excitabilidad musculoesquelética y reinervación muscular 15,16 . En nuestro estudio hemos observado un aumento de la fuerza en todos los ejercicios analizados después de las 24 sesiones de entrenamiento.…”

Is Aquatic Physical Therapy a Feasible Treatment for Musculoskeletal Dysfunction of Sickle Cell Disease Patients?

“…Studies by Jigami also evaluated the effects of therapeutic exercise (water and land) during ten sessions, after one week and after two weeks, on quality of life of individuals with hip osteoarthritis and observed an improvement in functional and muscle strength of the inferior limbs in both groups (water and land) even in the case of weekly sessions [4].…”

“…Other studies in the literature compared the results of water exercises with land exercises in patients with hip and/or knee dysfunctions and observed no significant differences between the rehabilitation strategies, demonstrating that both techniques were efficient [3,4].…”

“…Amongst the existing physical therapy recourses, aquatic and land physical therapy can be considered to be a growing resource with several benefits and tailored to the daily life of each patient. The aquatic technique uses warmed pools for therapeutic ends and is a widely used as a resource for the rehabilitation of several pathologies [1][2][3][4][5][6][7]. The benefits provided by the aquatic environment have mostly to do with the physical properties of the water, such as buoyant forces, hydrostatic pressure and viscosity, which exert therapeutic and physiological properties upon the immersed body [8,9].…”