The Effect of Hip Abductor Exercises on Pain, Function and Balance Parameters in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis
Not Applicable
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Knee osteoarthritis.Osteoarthritis of knee
- Registration Number
- IRCT20210529051427N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Zahedan University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 36
Inclusion Criteria
Age between 40 to 70 years
Patients with osteoarthritis of the knee with chronic knee pain for 6 months or more
Having grade 2 or 3 osteoarthritis of the knee according to the Kellgren-Lawrence grade
No history of knee surgery and no history of intra-articular injection and physiotherapy in the last 6 months
No more severe radiographic signs of the knee joint in the lateral side than in the medial side
No osteoarthritis or trauma or pathological lesion in the Hip joint
No history of musculoskeletal, articular, neurological disorders affecting balance
Exclusion Criteria
receiving other therapeutic interventions during the study, unwillingness to continue treatment, exacerbation of the patient's symptoms
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Balance. Timepoint: Before and after the period of the interventions. Method of measurement: Biodex system.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain. Timepoint: Before and after the period of the interventions. Method of measurement: Visual Analog Scale (VAS) questionnaire.;Function. Timepoint: Before and after the period of the interventions. Method of measurement: WOMAC questionnaire.