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Identification of Tools for the Functional and Subjective Assessment of Patients in an Aquatic Environment: A Systematic Review

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2020-08-06

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Cuesta-Vargas, Antonio
Martin-Martin, Jaime
Gonzalez-Sanchez, Manuel
Merchan-Baeza, Jose Antonio
Perez-Cruzado, David

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Aquatic therapy is one of the most common treatments for alleviating musculoskeletal pathologies. Its effectiveness has been evaluated with functional tests and questionnaires. Functional tests are used in aquatic therapy; however, in most cases, they are carried out in a non-aquatic environment and, as such, their results may differ from those of tests performed in an aquatic environment. A systematic review was performed to assess the accuracy of functional tests and patient-reported outcomes to assess aquatic therapy interventions. The authors conducted a literature search in July 2019. In total, 70,863 records were identified after duplicates removed. Of these, 14 records were included about functional tests assessment in aquatic environment and 725 records for questionnaires. The majority of the tests had also been assessed in a dry environment, allowing differences and similarities between the tests in the two environments to be observed. Different variables have been assessed in tests included in the present systematic review (cardiorespiratory, neuromuscular, kinematic, physiological, kinetic responses and rating of perceived exertion) which are included in the manuscript. Visual Analogue Scale, Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index and the 12-item Short Form Health Survey were the assessments most commonly used by the different authors.

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Medical Subject Headings::Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Therapeutics::Physical Therapy Modalities::Exercise Therapy
Medical Subject Headings::Organisms::Eukaryota::Animals::Chordata::Vertebrates::Mammals::Primates::Haplorhini::Catarrhini::Hominidae::Humans
Medical Subject Headings::Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Therapeutics::Physical Therapy Modalities::Hydrotherapy
Medical Subject Headings::Phenomena and Processes::Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena::Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena::Muscle Strength
Medical Subject Headings::Diseases::Musculoskeletal Diseases::Rheumatic Diseases::Osteoarthritis::Osteoarthritis, Knee
Medical Subject Headings::Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Therapeutics::Physical Therapy Modalities
Medical Subject Headings::Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment::Therapeutics::Physical Therapy Modalities::Exercise Therapy
Medical Subject Headings::Health Care::Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation::Quality of Health Care::Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms::Data Collection::Health Surveys

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Functional test, Questionnaires, Aquatic therapy, Assessment, Encuestas y cuestionarios, Osteoartritis, Terapéutica, Ambiente acuático, Deportes acuáticos, Revisión sistemática, Medición de resultados informados por el paciente

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Cuesta-Vargas A, Martin-Martin J, Gonzalez-Sanchez M, Merchan-Baeza JA, Perez-Cruzado D. Identification of Tools for the Functional and Subjective Assessment of Patients in an Aquatic Environment: A Systematic Review. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Aug 6;17(16):5690