ROLUL KINETOTERAPIEI, IN RECUPERAREA GONARTROZELOR DIN STATIUNEA LACU-SARAT

This research assesses the importance of the precocious diagnosis of the gonarthritis illness and limits of hydropathical therapy based on the facilities offered by the health resort "Lacu Sarat" Braila. The approaching method consists of a retrospective and efficient analysis of 10565 records of arthritic patients, with different locations of illness, hospitalized in the health resort within 1999-2008. The 10565 cases fell into different categories, according to illnesses, as follows: 2854 gonarthritis (27.01%); 1247 Cox arthritis (11.82%); 2001 spondylosis (18.91%), 2003 peripheral arthritis (18.87%). The hydropathical treatment was individually applied, taking into consideration the location, the clinical stage and associated illnesses and also physiotherapy and kinetical therapy, being adjusted to the stage objectives. The results of the treatment were good in (73.3%) of the cases. The recovery of the hospitalized patients was meant to stabilize the development of the illness, remove the objective as well as subjective pain and to maintain the mobility and ability of the suffering segment. The conclusions of the research underline the particular contribution of the clinical evaluation in establishing the diagnosis and the uncommon efficiency of external hydropathical treatment in alleviating pain and inflammation, maintaining the joints ability and mobility, thus providing an appropriate comfort for most of the patients, taking into consideration the recurrent character of the illness which develops repeated periods of suffering and pains. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]