Hydrokinesi-therapy for the treatment of knee osteoarthritis and its application in community-based rehabilitation therapy / 中华老年医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective The purpose of this article is to expound the treatment models of hydrokinesi-therapy and its effectiveness for the treatment of knee osteoarthritis, then to explore whether hydrokinesi-therapy is suitable for our country's community rehabilitation.The hydrokinesitherapy has been carried out abroad, which improve the function of the patients with knee osteoarthritis as far as possible using efficient resource of community.It has obtained good results, especially for the elderly who can't take exercise on the ground because of pain.Therefore, the hydrokinesi-therapy for the treatment of knee osteoarthritis can be applied to community-based rehabilitation therapy.The geological resources of our country is rich, the thermal spring water can be used to develop community rehabilitation for the treatment of knee osteoarthritis.