[Physiatric treatment of pain in osteoarthrosis]. / Tratamento fisiátrico da dor na osteoartrose.

The osteoarthrosis is a disease of high incidence in the population affecting chiefly middle-aged women. The chronic pain is the main cause of incapacity and may be responsible for the secondary articular alterations in theses patients. This paper reviews the physiopathology and the treatment of the pain in osteoarthrosis.