Efficacy of combined proprioceptive exercises and conventional physiotherapy in patients with knee osteoarthritis: A double-blinded two-group pretest–posttest design

Efficacy of combined proprioceptive exercises and conventional physiotherapy in patients with knee osteoarthritis: A double-blinded two-group pretest–posttest design

Background: Osteoarthritis (OA) is a chronic degenerative condition of the joint. Current physiotherapy interventions for OA focus on pain reduction, improve knee range of motion, and muscle strength. OA of knee impairs quadriceps function which affects balance and gait reducing patient's mobil...

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Main Authors: Veena Kirthika, S Sudhakar, K Padmanabhan, S Ramachandran, Mohan Kumar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2018-01-01
Series:Journal of Orthopedics, Traumatology and Rehabilitation
Subjects:
conventional physiotherapy
osteoarthritis
proprioceptive exercise
visual analog scale
western ontario and mcmaster universities osteoarthritis index
Online Access:http://www.jotr.in/article.asp?issn=0975-7341;year=2018;volume=10;issue=2;spage=94;epage=97;aulast=Kirthika

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