Comparison of Effect of Swedish Massage and Hip Strengthening Exercises on Pain, Range of Motion and Daily Life Function in The Elderly with Knee Osteoarthritis

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Conditions: Knee Osteoarthritis.
Osteoarthritis of knee

Registration Number: IRCT20150519022320N33

Lead Sponsor: Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Pending

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 75

Inclusion Criteria

Patients aged 60 to 70 years
People who are mentally alert and able to answer the questions of the questionnaires
Patients with osteoarthritis of the knee according to the diagnosis of a rheumatologist, the presence of pain along with at least 3 of the 6 clinical criteria of the American Rheumatology Association and suffering from this disease for a minimum of 6 months and a maximum of 5 years
Having pain for more than three months (chronic pain)
Have a basic score of 40-70 (out of 100) for knee pain on the VAS scale.
Absence of local skin infections or open skin in massage areas
No history of other autoimmune diseases such as lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis and chronic neuropathic diseases such as diabetes
No intra-articular injection during the last three months
No history of knee surgery and severe injury to the knee

Exclusion Criteria

Having health problems that affect Swedish massage and exercises, such as heart and brain disorders
chronic use of knee braces, crutches, and walkers
having a regular exercise program in the previous 6 months

Study & Design

Study Type: interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pain. Timepoint: All participants will complete the visual analog scale before the intervention and immediately after the end of the intervention. Method of measurement: Visual Analogue Scale.;Range of motion. Timepoint: The range of motion of all participants will be measured by a goniometer before the intervention and immediately after the end of the intervention. Method of measurement: goniometer.;Daily life function. Timepoint: All participants will complete the sub-scale of daily life function from Knee Injuries and Osteoarthritis Outcome Questionnaire (KOOS) before the intervention and immediately after the end of the intervention. Method of measurement: sub-scale of daily life function knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS).

Secondary Outcome Measures