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Introduction: Chondromalacia patella is the degeneration of articular cartilage on the posterior facet of the patella and may indicate the onset of osteoarthritis. Conservative management is the main treatment option, and surgical intervention is considered the last option in a small percentage of patients. Perineural Injection Treatment (PIT) is a recently developed treatment option that is directed adjacent to the peripheral nerves that are the source of pathology causing neurogenic inflammation and pain. Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of PIT combined with a home physical therapy program in patients with a diagnosis of chondromalacia patella compared with a control group receiving physical therapy only. Methods: Two patient groups were involved in this randomized clinical trial. The first received PIT combined with physical therapy (PIT + PT group) and the second was managed with physical therapy alone (PT group). Both groups were indicated to follow a 6-week home therapy plan afterward. The Western Ontario and McMaster Osteoarthritis Index was used to assess the patients at baseline and 6 months after therapy interventions. Results: Fifty patients (38 women and 12 men, median age 54.7 ± 14.8 years) were included; sex distribution and age did not differ between groups. Both groups had chondromalacia grade II or III, but the degree of gonarthrosis did not differ significantly between groups. The PIT + PT group outperformed PT group for pain (7.3 ± 3.5 vs. 3.2 ± 2.9 points; p < 0.010), stiffness (3 ± 1.69 vs. 1.6 ± 1.5 points; p < 0.010), and functional capacity (23.2 ± 10.7 vs. 11.1 ± 8.9 points; p < 0.010). Conclusions: Compared with physical therapy alone, PIT plus physical therapy reduced pain and stiffness and restored functional capacity. ClinicalTrials.gov Register Number #NCT03515720.
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Enfermedades de los Cartílagos/terapia , Inyecciones/métodos , Rótula/fisiopatología , Modalidades de Fisioterapia , Región Sacrococcígea/fisiología , Adulto , Anciano , Enfermedades de los Cartílagos/fisiopatología , Femenino , Glucosa/administración & dosificación , Glucosa/uso terapéutico , Servicios de Atención de Salud a Domicilio , Humanos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Proyectos Piloto , Resultado del TratamientoRESUMEN
Los aneurismas cerebrales son una entidad bastante conocida, cuya innovación médica va dirigida al pronto reconocimiento mediante escaneo cerebral con imágenes hasta el tratamiento cada vez menos invasivo, en orden de reducir morbi-mortalidad y permanencia hospitalaria. El tratamiento precoz para los aneurismas cerebrales incluyen la microcirugía con clipping del aneurisma o coiling vía endovascular. Estudios realizados como lo son el ISAT y el ISUIA, exponen estadística que apoya el uso de la terapia endovascular, ante un evidente número de pacientes con bajo porcentaje de morbi-mortalidad que se evidencia en las estadísticas obtenidas. El manejo de los aneurismas intracraneales de cuello ancho bajo esta técnica sigue siendo controversial pues pocos son los trabajos que demuestren oclusión satisfactoria de los mismos. Fue seleccionado de manera retrospectiva de 16 pacientes, con aneurisma de cuello ancho a quienes se realizo embolización con coiling en un periodo de 24 meses.