Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Interventional
Official Title: Effectiveness of an Educational Physiotherapy and Home Exercises Program in Adult Patients With Hemophilia: A Randomized Clinical Trial
Brief Summary:
Although arthropathy is a serious problem in patients with hemophilia due to the associated morbidity and incapacity, to the best of the investigators knowledge, no studies have looked at the effect of educational physiotherapy for its clinical improvement.
This contribution presents the results of educational physiotherapy program applied for 15 weeks with home exercises - in patients with hemophilic arthropathy. After treatment, experimental group showed improved a significant reduction of pain, and best quality of life al illness behaviour. During treatment no patient showed elbow haemarthrosis, which underlines the safety of this physiotherapy program.