Croatian Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Croatian Medical Association
Abstract
Cilj istraživanja je bio utvrditi i dokazati učinkovitost kratkovalne dijatennije kod
manifestne osteoartroze koljena (gonartroza) u 40 bolesnika prosječne životne dobi 64,43 godine.
U terapiji je korišten aparat "Oscilotenn 400 E" "Elektromedicine" iz Ljubljane, tijekom 10
terapijskih procedura po 20 minuta. Praćeno je šest kliničkih pokazatelja (jutarnja zakočenost, bol
u mirovanju, izljev u koljenu, opseg pokreta, opseg koljena preko sredine patele, udaljenost vrška
pete i glutealnog nabora). Dokazano je da je nakon l O terapijskih procedura kratkovalnom
dijatennijom došlo do značajnog povećanja funkcijskog kapaciteta koljena.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
