1aReader in Physiotherapy, MTPG & RIHS, Puducherry
2Department of Physiology, Saveetha university, Chennai
3Department of Physiotherapy, Sri Venkateswara college, Puducherry
4Research Psychologist, ICPC&SR, Puducherry
5Clinical Physiotherapist, Puducherry
1bPh.D scholar, Saveetha University, Chennai
Online published on 5 January, 2015.
The aim of this study is to determine the effectiveness of therapeutic intervention compared with conventional physiotherapy for OA knee.
A pre-test and post-test experimental design.
PMRC, Puducherry, India
Knee osteoarthritis patients
One group received therapeutic exercises and the other group received conventional physiotherapy for 3 sessions a week for 4 weeks.
The knee pain was measured using a VAS scale and Psychological wellbeing using Psychological General Wellbeing Index (PGWBI) before and after intervention.
118 participants (59 in therapeutic exercise group and 59 conventional physiotherapy group) completed the 4 week follow up. There was a significant statistical reduction of pain on comparison between the pre-test and post-test values of conventional and therapeutic exercise group (P=0.000). There was a statistical significant improvement of Psychological wellbeing on comparison between the pre-test and post-test values in therapeutic exercise group (P=0.000). The effect size analysis revealed that therapeutic exercise improves Psychological wellbeing and reduce pain.
Therapeutic exercises improved the psychological well-being of patients and reduced pain with Knee OA.
Osteoarthritis, Psychological wellbeing, Pain, Therapeutic exercise, Physiotherapy
