O treinamento de força como aliado no tratamento de pacientes com osteoartrite

Abstract

Objective: To investigate evidence in the literature that strength training is able to contribute to the improvement of pain in patients with osteoarthritis. Method: Bibliographic study related to patients with osteoarthritis, carried out in the database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health (PubMed), with publications from 2019 and 2020. For the search, the strategic PICo was used. Results: All the studies analyzed showed results of improvement in the clinical condition of patients with osteoarthritis. Studies shown that obesity is not only a risk factor related to mechanical overload, but also related to inflammatory metabolic processes. Despite the studies having differences in the selected exercise protocols, they were effective in the treatment of osteoarthritis. Conclusions: It is concluded that physical exercise can improve the living conditions and daily activities of people affected by the disease and that strength training showed a good perspective for this group, since the muscle mass gain was enhanced.