BOOK ABSTRACT - Simfer

adductor muscles and “pes anserina” bursitis in persistent
acute and chronic pain after knee strain and failure of
NAISDs therapy, in adult non professional sportsman. Our
anectodal experience suggested as that a painful pes
anserina for bursitis and adductors’ myofascial pain is a
commn problem days or weeks.
MATERIALI E METODI
During last 23 mounths we studied nineteen male runner
patients ( mean age 49) with knee pain after a knee strain,
myofascial pain in adductor muscles and ecographic
evidence of a pes anserina bursitis. Any of them walked with
canes or orthesis .The patients were randomly assigned into
two groups. All patients followed a rehabilitation program
for running re‐training plus hip and thight muscles
strngthening and stretching. In order to provide the
opportunity of a free pain window for effetive rehabilitation,
patiens were done a diagostic test injecting lidocaine 2% 3 cc
in order to provide a clear evidence of bursitis as source of
the knee pain. Moreover, in each patient a knee MRI
excluded further knee lesions. In conjunction with rehab
exercises, patients underwent to a cycle of analgesic
electrotherapy. Control group underwent to standard
Ultrasound Therapy (that had already been proven to be
effective for myofascial pain) and NAIDs as needed. Study
group under to a cycle of HILT Therapy
RISULTATI
Significant iprovements were measured in both groups in
terms of pain level and range of knee motion ( P