A study concerning the efficiency knee's ultrasounds therapy arthrosis

Introduction: The arthrosis of the inferior member represents an important disability cause their appearance determines an energetic consumption of walk tending its perpetuation thus affecting the quality of life by pain and the walk's functional incapacity. The physiotherapy treatment instituted even in the advanced level of illness could ease the pain and disfunctionality, thus leading to a decrease of a chronicle nonsteroidal anti inflammatory consumption. By the use of pharmacologist ultrasounds substances, the method called sonophoresis has the advantage of a concomitant effect induced both by ultrasounds and the pharmacologist structure introduced into the tegument.

Objective: The determination of the functional and clinical evolution in patients suffering of gonarthrosis after sonophoresis.

Materials and methods: The study included 15 patients, 10 women and 5 men with an average age of 60, diagnosed in accordance with ARA's criteria. The guiding parameters used in the internment or discharge from hospital implied: pain, articulating mobility, the muscles force Womac's scale was also used.

Data obtained were statistically analysed. The applied technique was pulsed in emission at the knee's level by the use of 7cm ceramics material translator, at the intensity of 1.5 w/cm avoiding a venous ectasy of knee's internal side, as method of transmission we used diclofenac gel, the meetings course lasted for 5 minutes per area for ten sessions, the ultrasounds application was neighboured by physical therapy sessions and was not followed by any other procedure for the next 20 minutes.

Results and discussions: All patients included in this study presented after the 10 sessions a functional favourable evolution, statistically significant from the moment they have entered the study, to none of the patients was exacerbated such pain that would require the nonsteroidal anti inflammatory.

Conclusions: Sonophoresis along with obeying the articulation hygiene rules, in cases of the patients suffering of gonarthrosis could be an alternative to pain control and disfunctionalities to avoid the consume of nonsteroidal anti inflammatory.