Efficacy of Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation in Older Women With Gonarthrosis (PNF)

Universidade Federal de Pernambuco

Status

Completed

Conditions

Osteoarthritis Knee

Treatments

Other: Resistance exercise

Other: Proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF)

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT02919020

ECR2015

Details and patient eligibility

About

To evaluate the effectiveness of the method Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF) as physical therapy approach to the reduction of pain and improvement in functional performance and quality of life in women with knee osteoarthritis.

Full description

Patients will be divided into two groups: group perform proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation and other group submit performing resistance exercises.

Enrollment

15 estimated patients

Sex

Female

Ages

50 to 80 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Women;
Age between 50 and 80 years;
Clinical diagnosis of Osteoarthritis of knees ;
Patients with presence of at least 90 ° range of motion of knee flexion ;
Do not practitioners of physical exercise and physical therapy during the period of participation in the survey

Exclusion criteria

Diagnosis of other rheumatological and neurological diseases ;
orthopedic surgery History in the lower limbs ;
Individuals with muscle strength of the lower limbs <3 ;
Cognitive impairment or neurological disease that compromises the understanding and implementation of the Protocol (Mini Mental State Examination <18 for the illiterate and <24 for others);
Body mass index ≥ 30.0 (obesity , according to the World Health Organization ) .
Individuals classified as physical activity level "very active" by the IPAQ (International Physical Activity Questionnaire ) .