Physical rehabilitation in complex therapy of osteoarthrosis

Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common form of joint damage and occupies a leading position among all diseases of the musculoskeletal system. At the present stage, the treatment of patients with knee osteoarthritis joints is a complex process that includes both medication and non-medication methods of exposure. IN in recent years, interest in complex methods of influence in the treatment of patients with this pathology. The incidence of osteoarthritis increases sharply with age, reaching a third of the population in old and senile age. Joint osteoarthritis refers to degenerative diseases. From this it follows that its main cause is a violation of metabolic processes in the body and a deterioration in the nutrition of the articular tissues, which leads to their degeneration, delayed regeneration and progressive aging (destruction). An increase in the life expectancy of the world's population, physical inactivity and an increase in the number of overweight people lead to an increase in the number of patients suffering from diseases of the musculoskeletal system, including osteoarthritis. Considering the lack of specific pharmacological treatment of osteoarthritis, as well as the growing number of patients with this pathology, it became necessary to search for proven technologies of physical and rehabilitation medicine.