Efectos del entrenamiento por aceleración en el desempeño neuromuscular en pacientes con osteoartrosis de rodilla : ensayo clínico controlado

Abstract

Muscle strength and pain are the most influential neuromuscular factors in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee. However, the rate of strength development could be really important in these patients. The main for this study was evaluate the effects of Whole Body Vibration (WBV) + resistance training (RT) Vs only RT without vibration (CON) on the isometric and dynamic neuromuscular performance of the lower limbs in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA). A simple controlled clinical trial was conducted with 60 physically active subjects. (Age 48 years + 14.2) with diagnosis or at risk of knee OA. Their dynamic neuromuscular performance was evaluated with the Sit to Stand test (STS), and isometric with the leg press-ISO test (ISO). Two groups were randomly distributed. It was executed between August and October of 2017. Later, the training was 3 times a week, for 12 weeks with a duration of 10-15 minutes. CON group performed only RT of lower limbs and other groups performed RT of lower limbs + vibration (WBV). There were results significant differences for CON group but el WBV group has significant differences when the topic was the pain. Adding WBV to RT for 12 weeks is no more effective in improving lower limb neuromuscular performance than RT without vibration in patients with knee osteoarthritis.