Original scientific paper

TREA TING OSTEOARTHROSIS OF THE KNEE JOINT BY SHORTWAVE THERAPY

Tonko VLAK ; Odjel za fizikalnu medicinu, rehabilitaciju i reumatologiju, Klinička bolnica Split, Marmontova 4, 21000 Split
Ivanka PERAICA ; Odjel za fizikalnu medicinu, rehabilitaciju i reumatologiju, Klinička bolnica Split, Marmontova 4, 21000 SplitOdjel za fizikalnu medicinu, rehabilitaciju i reumatologiju, Klinička bolnica Split, Marmontova 4, 21000 Split
Vesna ČAPKUN ; Odjel za fizikalnu medicinu, rehabilitaciju i reumatologiju, Klinička bolnica Split, Marmontova 4, 21000 Split

Abstract

The aim of this research was to observe and prove the efficiency of the short-wave therapy
("Oscilotenn 400 E" Elektromedicina Ljubljana) applied to 40 patients with manifested
osteoarthrosis of the knee joint. Their average age being 64,43 years. The treatment comprised l O
applications of 20 minutes each. The six eli ni cal parameters being observed (morning stiffuess of
the knee, the pain in the rest, the effusion of the knee, the motion range, the knee perimeter
circumference measured over the patella center, the distance between the heel tip and the gluteal
wrinkles) and their showed that functional capacity of the knee joint being significantly increased
after l O therapeutic procedures.

Keywords

osteoarthrosis of the knee; short-wave therapy

Hrčak ID:

142007

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/142007

Publication date:

25.11.1996.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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