Abstract

PINZON RIOS, Iván Darío. Physiotherapy in arthrogenic muscle inhibition: literature review. Revista médica Risaralda [online]. 2019, vol.25, n.2, pp.115-128. ISSN 0122-0667.

The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of physiotherapy in arthrogenic muscle inhibition. We searched the PEDro, Embase, Scielo and PubMed databases to identify randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of physiotherapy interventions in arthrogenic muscle inhibition. The literature included references in English, Spanish and Portuguese, published between January 2000 and June 2017. We identified 7 clinical trials and 4 Systematic Review/Meta-analysis that were included in this review. A critical evaluation of the literature was made and a narrative description was processed due to the small number of RCTs. Evidence shows that physiotherapeutic intervention may be beneficial for the management of arthrogenic muscle inhibition, however, the low quality result of the critical evaluation and the small number of trials suggest that high quality RCTs are required to further examine the effects of physiotherapeutic intervention in the control of arthrogenic muscle inhibition.

Keywords : muscle inhibition; weakness; treatment; physical therapy.

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