Banca de DEFESA: RACKLAYNE RAMOS CAVALCANTI

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STUDENT : RACKLAYNE RAMOS CAVALCANTI
DATE: 29/01/2024
TIME: 14:00
LOCAL: Sala virtual meet.google.com/hds-fgpu-xmf
TITLE:

EFFECTS OF DRY CUPPING ON PAIN, PHYSICAL FUNCTION AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN WOMEN WITH KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS: A RANDOMIZED AND BLIND TRIAL

KEY WORDS:

Hallux Valgus. Insoles. Orthoses. Conservative Treatment.

PAGES: 80
BIG AREA: Ciências da Saúde
AREA: Fisioterapia e Terapia Ocupacional
SUMMARY:

INTRODUCTION: Knee osteoarthritis causes pain, functional disability and a substantial impact on quality of life, imposing significant challenges both in terms of public health and socioeconomic resources. Treatment for knee osteoarthritis encompasses several approaches, including non-pharmacological, pharmacological and surgical interventions. Within the spectrum of non-pharmacological therapies, cupping therapy emerges as an alternative therapy that supposedly seeks to control the symptoms associated with this population. However, recent systematic reviews highlight not only the lack of consensus on its effectiveness, but also highlight a notable risk of methodological bias in existing studies. This gap in understanding and the presence of methodological limitations signal the urgency for more in-depth and robust investigations. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effects of dry cupping on pain, function and quality of life in women with knee osteoarthritis. METHOD: Randomized, blinded clinical trial with allocation concealment and intention-to-treat analysis. Fifty-seven women diagnosed with knee osteoarthritis were randomized into two groups: experimental and control. The experimental group (n = 31) received 5 dry cupping applications on the knee, and the control group (n = 26) also underwent the same procedure, but with dry cupping sham therapy. Both interventions were administered twice a week over a 6-week period, with each session lasting 15 minutes. The assessment instruments were Numerical Pain Scale, Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index, Short-form 36, 30 seconds Sit To Stand Test, 40-m self-paced alk test and Stair-climbing time 8 steps. Participants were assessed before the start of the intervention, after three and six weeks of treatment, and again one month after the end of the interventions. The primary outcome was pain at rest, while secondary outcomes included pain with movement, disability, quality of life and functionality. RESULTS: Both groups had similar socioeconomic characteristics at baseline. No statistically significant differences were identified between the groups in relation to the primary outcome of pain intensity after 3 weeks (-1.39, CI [-3.41; 0.64]), six weeks (-1.20, CI [ (-3.17; 0.76)]) and ten weeks (-0.51, CI [(-3.01; 2.00)]). This trend was corroborated in the secondary outcomes, where the mean estimates and their confidence intervals excluded significant effects in all cases. These results suggest equivalence in responses between the experimental group and the control group throughout the evaluation period. CONCLUSION: Dry cupping therapy was similar to sham therapy in terms of reducing pain, disability, functional capacity, quality of life, or overall perceived effect in people suffering with knee osteoarthritis.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Interno - 2218684 - MARCELO CARDOSO DE SOUZA
Externo à Instituição - AREOLINO MATOS - UNIFAP
Externo à Instituição - DIEGO GALACE DE FREITAS - FCMSCSP