Patients With Hemophilia Clinical Trial
Official title:
Physiotherapy in the Treatment of Elbow Hemophilic Arthropathy: Manual Therapy vs Educational Physiotherapy. A Pilot Sudy
The aim of this study is to assess the effectiveness of two treatments of Physiotherapy: one with joint traction, passive muscles stretching and Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF), and the other with education sessions and home exercises, for the improvement of the ROM, biceps strength, perimeter of arm and the perception of pain in PwH and arthropathy of the elbow.
The intervention was carried out during twelve weeks, performing evaluations before and after treatment, and six months of finalizing this. The treatment of MT group consisted of two sessions per week, one hour each, and the treatment of group E consisted in a session for 90 minutes every two weeks, with daily home exercises. The control group (group C) did not receive any intervention. ;