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- Title
Methodology for the rehabilitation treatment of the posttraumatic knee in athletes.
- Authors
Szasz, Simona; Neagu, Nicolae; Popoviciu, Horaţiu; Russu, Octav; Moldovan, Horaţiu; Gabriela, Papp Eniko
- Abstract
The knee is the largest and the most complex joint of the body. It is an intermediate joint of the lower limb involved in orthostatism and walking dynamics. It is also the most common site for injuries in athletes during sports competition and training, affecting soft tissues and joints. The main objectives of rehabilitation treatment are to relieve pain, to improve mobility deficit and stability, and to restore a normal walking pattern. It is essential to set an early, complex, individualized treatment to recover functional deficit and to prevent degenerative complications that can appear prematurely and in severe forms in athletes following injuries, but also because of joint overloading due to repetitive mechanical stress. The rehabilitation program must include electrotherapy with antalgic, antiinflammatory and myorelaxant effects, thermo-therapy: cold and cryotherapy in acute phases, followed by warm procedures, massage for myorelaxant or muscle toning effects. A central role in the recovery treatment should be played by kinetotherapy and hydrotherapy and also, balneotherapy based on natural physical factors: mineral water, mud pack and climate, with prophylactic, therapeutic and recovery effects. The traumatic disorder of the knee in athletes requires special attention regarding the rehabilitation treatment, due to their predisposition to develop arthrosis at relative young ages.
- Subjects
KNEE injuries; JOINT diseases; SPORTS injuries; ANALGESIA; ELECTROTHERAPEUTICS; HYDROTHERAPY
- Publication
Palestrica of the Third Millennium Civilization & Sport, 2014, Vol 15, Issue 2, p146
- ISSN
1582-1943
- Publication type
Article