1Student Bachelor of Physiotherapy
2Specialist Physiotherapy Practitioner, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Nhs Trust
3Assistant Professor, SRM College of Physiotherapy, SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai
*Corresponding Author: A. Jeggannathan, Specialist Physiotherapy Practitioner, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Nhs Trust, Email: Jegampt@gmail.com
Online published on 19 August, 2019.
There is no cure for knee OA, thus conservative treatment aims to reduce pain and limit functional impairment. Inexpensive Non pharmacological, non-surgical interventions with minimal side effect are desirable. Such as the treatment offered by physiotherapists, there are recommended as the first line of treatment for hip and knee osteoarthritis (OA)
20 Patients took for the research study, they divided into two groups. Group A-10 Patients has given McConnell Patella taping, Group B-10 patients has given mobilization with movement, For both the groups each treatment session may last for 15-20minutes 4 days a week.
As the results indicate, there was statistical significant effects following two techniques i.e. MWM and taping on pain in OA knee patients. Group A (MWM) shows the pre treatment mean of vas 6.1 and post treatment mean value is 2.2. the difference between pre and post treatment is 3.9 with p value <0.0001 i.e. significant
The study also emphasis that mobilization with movement is comparatively more beneficial in reducing pain than taping in OA knee patients
Osteoarthritis, MWM, McConnell patella taping
