Low frequency physiotherapy on joint health, hemarthrosis, walking, balance and reaction time in hemophilic arthropathy: a controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Physiotherapy is recommended for people with hemophilic arthropathy (PwHA) to improve musculoskeletal health and is typically administered in 2 or 3 sessions per week. We aimed to investigate the effects of once a week comprehensive physiotherapy and home exercise on musculoskeletal system of PwHA.

Methods

In this study 19 young PwHA with knee and/or ankle were non-randomly divided into two groups: The Home Exercise Group (HEG) and the Comprehensive Physiotherapy Group (CPG). Joint health was evaluated with the Hemophilia Joint Health Score (HJHS), muscle strength (MS) with manual muscle tester, range of motion (ROM) with universal goniometer, pain with Numerical Pain Scale (NPS). The following functional tests were used: 6 min Walking Test (6MWT) for walking capa

SUBMITTER: Tat AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11971827 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature