Andersom Ricardo Fréz

Diferença entre o uso do ácido hialurônico e as intervenções fisioterapêuticas para tratamento da osteoartrite de joelho: revisão sistemática

Introduction: There is evidence for various physical therapy interventions used for the knee osteoarthritis treatment, and currently in medicine has been used hyaluronic acid. Aims: The objective of this review was to identify studies that compared the use of hyaluronic acid with the physical therapy interventions for treatment of knee osteoarthritis. Methods: A systematic review was carried out by consulting the databases PubMed, CINAHL, SPORTDiscus, PEDro, LILACS and ACP Journal Club, using the keywords “hyaluronic acid”, “osteoarthritis” and “physical therapy”. Clinical trials, controlled and/or randomized clinical trials published in English, Spanish and Portuguese that compared the use of hyaluronic acid with some physical therapy intervention for the treatment of knee osteoarthritis were included. The study quality was evaluated using the Jadad and PEDro scale. Results: Were identified 81 studies, of these, 7 were included in this review. Conclusions: Although few studies have compared the efficacy of physical therapy treatment with the application of hyaluronic acid was observed that both treatments showed positive results in the knee osteoarthritis management.

Fisioterapia em pacientes com amputação transtibial: revisão sistemática

Introduction: Physical therapy contributes to the rehabilitation of persons following a transtibial amputation, but may also intervene in prevention and comp...

Avaliação da qualidade de vida de portadores de insuficiência cardíaca congestiva e sua correlação com a Classificação Internacional de Funcionalidade, Incapacidade e Saúde

Objective: To evaluate the quality of life of patients with heart failure and correlate it with the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF). Method: This is a crosssectional study with a sample of 19 patients, mean age of 66.28 ± 10.93 years, whose quality of life was assessed by the Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire (MLHFQ); for each question a domain of ICF was given whose results were then correlated. Results: The average MLHFQ questionnaire score was 61.21 ± 17.56. There was a positive correlation between the quality of life and left ventricular ejection fraction (r = 0.75; p = 0.0006), which was not seen when comparing the quality of life with functional class. There was a high correlation between patient outcomes and the assessment of the physiotherapist using the ICF. Conclusions: The MLFHQ questionnaire includes the requirements of the ICF, showing a high correlation between its responses and those from the ICF, and is considered global, which allows these instruments to be used in evaluating patients with congestive heart failure (CHF)