Effect of Functional Electrical Stimulation in Gluteus Medius in Rehabilitation After Total Hip Arthroplasty

Due to the importance of the functions of the gluteus medium, mainly during gait, it becomes essential to strengthening early in the musculature. The association of muscle strengthening with the Functional Electric Stimulation (FES) comes to accelerate stabilization of hip, leading to functional rehabilitation early and improves the quality of life through rehabilitation in social life and activities of daily life. Thus, it becomes a relevant study to assess objectively the implications of FES in muscle strengthening of gluteus medium associated with the Physiotherapy Protocol Total Hip Arthroplasty (PPTHA), through the assessment of motor performance in patients undergoing surgery for Total Hip Arthroplasty (THA), aiming to better rehabilitation strategies for this population. The objective of the research is to assess the effects of functional rehabilitation through PPTHA associated with FES in the gluteus medium compared only with the PPTHA, in patients undergoing surgery for THA. The principal hypothesis is that there is difference between the functional rehabilitation of the patients undergoing PPTHA associated with the FES of gluteus medium, after THA and the patients submitted only to PPTHA.