Dashmesh College of Physiotherapy, SGT Group of Institutions, Gurgaon
Experimental study design
To our knowledge there are no prospective, randomized studies in the literature investigating the effectiveness of two different proprioceptive techniques i.e. wobble board and unilateral leg standing exercise in knee osteoarthritis.
To compare the effectiveness of wobble board as bilateral proprioceptive exercise to unilateral leg standing exercise in knee Osteoarthritis patients.
20 subjects with bilateral knee osteoarthritis were randomly assigned to either wobble board exercise group or unilateral leg standing exercise group. Readings were taken for joint reposition error, Berg balance scale and VAS on the 1st day, 2nd week and last day of protocol i.e. 4th week.
The results of the study showed that there was no significant difference in JRE, BBS, and VAS scores between group A and B from baseline to 2nd week (p>0.05), 2nd week to 4th week (p>0.05) and baseline to 4th week(p>0.05)
The null hypothesis of the study has been accepted that there is no significant difference between the wobble board proprioceptive exercises and the unilateral propriceptive exercises for improvement of balance and joint reposition error in patients with knee osteoarthritis.
Arthritis, Balance, Joint position error, Proprioception
