Effects of Sahrmann's Approach Versus Conventional Treatment on Pain, Valgus Angle and Functional Disability in Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis

This randomized controlled trial will be conducted at Sehat Medical Complex, Hanjarwal and Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Lahore. Sample size of the study will be 40. We will include the patients of age between 40-60 years, with diagnosis of knee osteoarthritis of grade 2, their pain intensity should be 3 points on NPRS and with gradual onset of pain from past 3 months, with valgus angle of knee > 10° and a positive HKA angle > 1° of valgus knee OA on radiographs. All the participants will be randomly divided into two groups. GROUP A which will be EXPERIMENTAL GROUP, will receive Sahrmann's approach protocol and GROUP B which will be CONTROL GROUP, will receive conventional treatment. Both groups will receive baseline treatment including hot pack/cold pack, TENS and basic exercises. The study will be comparing the effects of both treatments after 4 weeks, with 3 sessions per week on alternate days. Patients will be assessed by Numeric pain rating scale (NPRS) for pain, by Universal Goniometer (UG) for the assessment of valgus angle and The Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) for functioning of knee. Statistical Analysis will be done by statistical package for social sciences SPSS version 26.