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CRYOBATHS IN THE TREATMENT OF RHEUMATOID HAND

Ivo JAJIĆ ; Klinika za fizikalnu medicinu i rehabilitaciju Medicinskog fakulteta Sveučilišta u nastavnoj bazi Kliničke bolnice
Mira KLINČIĆ ; Klinika za fizikalnu medicinu i rehabilitaciju Medicinskog fakulteta Sveučilišta u nastavnoj bazi Kliničke bolnice
Štefica JAMBREŠIĆ ; Klinika za fizikalnu medicinu i rehabilitaciju Medicinskog fakulteta Sveučilišta u nastavnoj bazi Kliničke bolnice
Zrinka JAJIĆ ; Klinika za fizikalnu medicinu i rehabilitaciju Medicinskog fakulteta Sveučilišta u nastavnoj bazi Kliničke bolnice
K. HERCEG ; Klinika za fizikalnu medicinu i rehabilitaciju Medicinskog fakulteta Sveučilišta u nastavnoj bazi Kliničke bolnice
Spomenka GORJANEC ; Klinika za fizikalnu medicinu i rehabilitaciju Medicinskog fakulteta Sveučilišta u nastavnoj bazi Kliničke bolnice

Sažetak

Cryotherapy has been administered to both hands of
30 rheurnatoid arthritis patients (26 female and 4 rnale).
Metacarpophalangeal and radiocarpal j o in ts were affected
in all. In 18 patients 2 - 4 proxirnal interphalangeal
joints were affected . The illness was very active in all
study subjects.
The effect of therapy was assessed on the basis of
the follow up of these parameters: morning stiffness in
minutes, early morning pains, pains on palpation, spontaneous
pains, swelling of PIP joints in mm, hand grip
in nnn Hg, volume of press ed water in ml and the reach of
finger-tips towards the palm in nnn.
Until the onset of cryotherapy the patients had b~
en on a slow-acting and non-steroid antiinflamrnatory drug
therapy. Ten-minute cryobaths were administered during
14 days.
The intensity of morning stiffness was lower at the
end of the therapy, but its persistence remained unchanged.
Early morning pain was significantly reduced (P <
0.05) and spontaneous pain, pain on palpation, swelling
of PIP joints, hand grip, volume of pressed water and
the reach of finger-tips towards the palm significantly
reduced or improved, as the case may be (P..; O. 01). This
points to cryobaths as an additional important therapy
in the treatment of active rheurnatoid arthritis.

Ključne riječi

Hrčak ID:

143360

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/143360

Datum izdavanja:

2.8.1988.

Podaci na drugim jezicima: hrvatski

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