AQUATIC THERAPY IN BONE MINERAL DENSITY IN RATS AFTER PAW DISUSE BY IMMOBILIZATION

2016-09-14T18-22-49Z
Source: International Journal of Therapies and Rehabilitation Research
Nívea Maria André Gomes, Karla Camila Lima de Souza, Michelle Rabelo, Jefferson Pacheco do Amaral Fortes, Lívia Sousa Barbosa, Raquel Magalhães Castelo Branco Craveiro, Francisco Sérgio Lopes Vasconcelos Filho, Francisco Fleury Uchoa Santos Júnior, Vânia Marilande Ceccatto.
The locomotor system immobilization although used with therapeutic purpose often leads to muscle and bone changes. The use of aquatic therapy favors the body metabolism usually used as a functional recovery mechanism. The aim of this study was to assess the aquatic therapy on bone mineral density (BD) of post-immobilization paw in rats. It was used 20 Wistar female rats (± 20 weeks) divided into: control (C), Immobilization (I), Aquatic Therapy (AT) and Immobilization/Aquatic Therapy (IAT). The detention took place for two weeks involving the trunk and the right leg. The aquatic therapy occurred for three weeks, six sections per week starting with 2 minutes with addition of two minutes per day reaching 36 minutes on the last day with the increment of a 5% load of body weight. After the period of immobilization and rehabilitation, the animals were anesthetized (Ketamine /Xylazine) and sacrificed. For statistical analysis, it was used ANOVA with post hoc Bonferroni (p


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