“Evaluación del abordaje fisioterapéutico en pacientes con artroplastia de rodilla, en el hospital IESS - Ambato”

Abstract

Knee osteoarthritis is a progressive joint degenerative condition appreciated as one of the most common chronic rheumatic diseases that represent a great demand for arthroplasties, great costs and long recovery times, so the research sought to evaluate the physiotherapeutic approach in patients with knee arthroplasty in the rehabilitation area of the Hospital of the Ecuadorian Institute of Social Security (IESS) Ambato, identifying the evaluation, diagnosis and physiotherapeutic prognosis procedures, establishing the intervention protocols and determining the patient's personal satisfaction; through the development of a descriptive prospective study with an exploratory level, under a quantitative approach; for which a questionnaire was designed for 16 professionals and another for 30 post-surgical patients with knee arthroplasty, randomly selected; concluding that the physiotherapists are restricted in their professional activities, which affects the proper development of the physiotherapy intervention, in addition the patients perceived little improvement of the pain relief, functionality and therefore in the quality of life.