Estudio retrospectivo de trastornos internos de rodilla y relación con el sobrepeso y obesidad en pacientes que asistieron al Centro Médico Medilink Sur en la ciudad de Guayaquil.

Abstract

Introduction: Internal knee disorders can cause sprains on the external and internal ligaments or injuries to the menisci that can cause pain, joint effusion, instability and entrapment. Objective: To determine the prevalence of internal knee disorders and their relationship with overweight and obesity in patients who attended the Medilink Sur Medical Center in the city of Guayaquil. Methodology: The research approach is quantitative, descriptivecorrelational in scope and the design is non-experimental, cross-sectional. The collected and retrospective data started from 2018, 2019 and 2020 in patients older than 50 years. Once the exclusion and inclusion criteria were defined, the medical records were reviewed and the information processed in correlation and dispersion studies. Results: 53% of the patients at the Medical Center diagnosed with knee disorders are overweight or obese. Conclusions: The prevalence occurs more in women than in men, in those over 50 and under 60. The prevalence of diagnoses is osteoarthritis. It is found that there is a strong relationship in knee disorders and overweight and obesity.