Original Research Article
Year: 2016 | Month: October | Volume: 6 | Issue: 10 | Pages: 118-128
A Study to Find the Combined Effect of Knee Tape with Ultrasound and Ultrasound Alone In Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis
Neha Inamdar1, Ravi Savadatti2
1Assistant Professor, Dept of Physiotherapy, Dr. D.Y. Patil College of Physiotherapy, Pune, Maharashtra, India.
2Professor and Principal, SDM College of Physiotherapy, Dharwad, Karnataka, India.
Corresponding Author: Neha Inamdar
ABSTRACT
Background and objective: Knee osteoarthritis is a leading cause of pain and disability in elderly population. Conservative treatment aims to reduce pain and limit functional impairment. Inexpensive interventions with minimal side effects are desirable. This study was done to find out the combined effect of knee taping and ultrasound versus ultrasound alone in knee osteoarthritis patients.
Methods: Sixty subjects with a mean age of 58.12 ± 4.33 years were randomly allocated into two groups: Study group (group A) of 30 subjects receiving medial patella taping and ultrasound while Control group (group B) of 30 subjects receiving ultrasound alone. Treatment was given for 4 weeks, 3 times per week. Outcome measures were Visual Analogue Scale and Lequesne Knee Score, measured at 1stday and 4thweek.
Results: Group A showed a statistical significant difference with mean of 3.50 ±1.20 between pre and post treatment while group B showed difference with mean of 1.50 ± 1.04 on VAS scores. For the Lequesne Knee Score, the mean difference for group A was 5.17 ± 1.66 and for group B was 1.03 ± 0.80 between pre and post treatment. Both the groups showed significant results but the study group improved much better than the control group.
Conclusion: Subjects in the study group showed better change than the control group in VAS and Lequesne Knee Score. Hence, combination of ultrasound and taping gives a better result than ultrasound in knee osteoarthritis patients.
Key words: Knee osteoarthritis, medial glide taping, ultrasound, Lequesne Knee score.