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IN THIS STUDY WE WILL FIND AND COMPARE THE ANKLE DEFICITS IN TERMS OF PAIN, JOINT RANGE OF MOTION, MUSCLE STRENGTH, BALANCE, ARCH HEIGHT AND PHYSICAL FUNCTION IN INDIVIDUALS WITH AND WITHOUT KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS

Not Applicable
Conditions
Health Condition 1: M179- Osteoarthritis of knee, unspecified
Registration Number
CTRI/2021/04/032637
Lead Sponsor
AMAR JYOTI INSTITUTE OF PHYSIOTHERAPY
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ot Yet Recruiting
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
0
Inclusion Criteria

1. INDIVIDUALS OF AGE 40 YEARS AND ABOVE

2. BOTH MALE AND FEMALE INDIVIDUALS

3. INDIVIDUALS WITH MEDICALLY DIAGNOSED KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS

4. INDIVIDUALS WHO CAN UNDERSTAND SPOKEN ENGLISH

Exclusion Criteria

1. INDIVIDUALS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS OR ANY SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY ARTHRITIS

2. INDIVIDUALS WITH UNILATERAL OR BILATERAL TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT

3. INDIVIDUALS WITH ANY RECENT LOWER LIMB SOFT TISSUE INJURY OR FRACTURE OR SURGERY IN THE LAST 6 MONTHS

4. INDIVIDUALS DIAGNOSED WITH NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS

Study & Design

Study Type
Observational
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
1. AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RHEUMATOLOGY (ACR) CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA FOR OSTEOARTHRITIS OF THE KNEE <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br>2. ANKLE JOINT RANGE OF MOTION (DORSIFLEXION AND PLANTARFLEXION) <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br>3. MUSCLE STRENGTH (ANKLE DORSIFLEXORS AND PLANTARFLEXORS) <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br>4. STATIC BALANCE - SINGLE LEG STANCE TEST <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br>5. ARCH HEIGHT INDEX <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br>6. FOOT AND ANKLE DISABILITY INDEX (FADI)Timepoint: As, this is a one-time study with no follow-up, therefore, the ACR classification criteria will be used to classify the recruited individuals into 2 groups - Group A- Individuals with Knee Osteoarthritis and Group B - Individuals without Knee Osteoarthritis on Day 1. <br/ ><br> <br/ ><br>All measurements (range of motion, muscle strength, static balance, Arch Height Index) will be done for all the recruited participants in both the groups on Day 1 as well as the Foot and Ankle Disability Index Score.
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC)Timepoint: This score will be calculated for all the recruited participants on Day 1.
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