Beneficios del ejercicio físico en pacientes con Síndrome Sjögren primario: estudio de un caso

Abstract

Primary Sjögren's syndrome is an autoimmune disease of unknown origin, characterized by the progressive destruction of the exocrine glands due to the infiltration of the lymphocytes. It mainly affects women. Clinical manifestations include dry mucous membranes, fatigue, arthralgias and myalgias, insomnia, Raynaud phenomenon and gastrointestinal problems among others. Currently, there is no cure or treatment and he has outbreaks of different intensity and duration. Many patients present with depression and anxiety, because there is a notable decrease in the quality of life. Directed physical exercise is an excellent way to deal with the disease since it allows a good maintenance of the locomotor system and, therefore, muscle tone. In this sense, the objective of this clinical case study was to show how directed physical exercise and physiotherapy sessions can improve a patient's quality of life. To this end, a flexible personalized program was designed in order to achieve a reduction in the perception of pain and fatigue. Throughout 12 weeks we have worked with a patient with the aim of improving the quality of life and reducing musculoskeletal pain. For this purpose, the results of the stress tests were used to adapt the routines and weekly physiotherapy sessions to the physical condition of the patient. After these weeks you can see a tendency to improvement, measured with the EVA scale (Visual Analogue Scale).