The efficacy of mud pack treatment on ailments related to gonarthrosis
Journal Title: Rehabilitacja Medyczna - Year 2006, Vol 10, Issue 1
Abstract
Background: The aim of this study was to evaluate whether mud pack application as a supplementary treatment to physiotherapy and therapy with physical agents allow to achieve better outcome than physiotherapy and therapy with physical agents alone in patients suffering from gonarthrosis.Methods: Twenty patients aged 49 to 70 at II and III stage of gonarthrosis were divided into experimental and control groups each comprising 10 patients. The experimental group was treated by mud pack, exercises and therapy with physical agents, whereas the control group only by exercises and therapy with physical agents. The following parameters were evaluated in all patients before and two weeks after the therapy: range of motion in the knee, leg circumference, self-assessment of disease severity (using WOMAC questionnaire), and pain level (using VAS scale).Results: We observed that joint stiffness (assessed using WOMAC questionnaire) decreased significantly only in the experimental group (p<0.05). Significant decrease in pain level assessed by means of VAS scale was noticed in both groups (p<0.05). After the therapy, a significant improvement in knee flexion (p<0.05) was observed only in the control group.Conclusion: Both treatment modalities had similar effects on pain severity. Reduction of joints stiffness observed 2 weeks following the treatment may suggest that mud pack may be used as a supplementary component in the therapy of osteoarthrosis.
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Anna Mika, Ewa Dąbal, Łukasz Mika
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