Influence of ultrasound therapy on volume of the synovial fluid in knee joint arthrosis (gonarthrosis)-initial reports

Olesiak Beata, Przedborska Agnieszka, Raczkowski Jan. Influence of ultrasound therapy on volume of the synovial fluid in knee joint arthrosis (gonarthrosis)-initial reports. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2019;9(2):413-420. eISNN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2579444 http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/6631 The journal has had 7 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. Part b item 1223 (26/01/2017). 1223 Journal of Education, Health and Sport eissn 2391-8306 7 © The Authors 2019; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author (s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial license Share alike. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 30.01.2019. Revised: 30.01.2019. Accepted: 28.02.2019. Influence of ultrasound therapy on volume of the synovial fluid in knee joint arthrosis (gonarthrosis)-initial reports Beata Olesiak¹, Agnieszka Przedborska² Jan W. Raczkowski² ¹College of Education and Therapy in Szczecin ²The Orthopedic Rehabilitation and Post-traumatic Unit of the Medical University in Łódź The correspondence address: Beata Olesiak beataolesiak11@gmail.com SUMMARY Aim of the paper: Aim of the study was impact assessment of the ultrasonic wave on production of synovial fluid in suprapatellar pouch, pain symptoms, and knee movement range. Material and methods: The study group consisted of 23 patients that were diagnoses with excess of synovial fluid in suprapatellar pouch. The measurement of the fluid volume was made using ultrasound examination. Volume of the fluid < 4 mm is considered as positive result of the study. The data was collected with usage of a self-made study protocol. In assessment of pain symptom, the VAS scale was used. Results: Statistically significant reduction of the synovial fluid volume in suprapatellar pouch (p Conclusions: Formed during the therapy, endogenous heat reduces the volume of synovial fluid in suprapatellar pouch. The result of the thermal therapy increases joint movement and decreases pain symptoms. Keywords: ultrasound therapy, knee joint, suprapatellar pouch, arthrosis (gonarthrosis).