Indian Journal of Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy - An International Journal
  • Year: 2016
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue: 4

Prevalence of Osteoarthritis of Knee in Post-menopausal Women in Rural and Urban Areas of Belagavi-A Cross-sectional Study

1Lecturer, Department of OBG, KLEU Institute of Physiotherapy, Belagavi

2Intern, KLEU Institute of Physiotherapy, Belagavi

Online published on 17 October, 2016.

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to determine Prevalence of Osteoarthritis of knee in post-menopausal women in rural and urban areas of Belagavi.

Osteoarthritis is defined as “A degenerative non-inflammatory disorder of the joints characterized by progressive deterioration of articular cartilage and formation of a new bone (osteophytes) at the joint surface and margins. Osteoarthritis is one of the most common disease of women after menopause.

200 post-menopausal women of the age group 50–65 years, out of which 100 belonged to rural and 100 belonged to urban environment were included.

A significant relationship (P<0.05) was found between the prevalence of OA knee in postmenopausal women in rural and urban areas of Belagavi.

The results of this study suggests that the prevalence of Osteoarthritis is more in the Rural areas of Belagavi than that in the Urban areas of Belagavi.

Keywords

Knee Osteoarthritis, Post-menopausal women, Rural, Urban