Evaluation of Mechanical Traction and Simultaneous High Intensity Laser Irradiation Effects on Pain, Lower Extremity Muscles Activity, and Functional Balance in People with Knee Osteoarthritis

Tarbiat Modares University0 个研究点目标入组 28 人开始时间: 待定最近更新: 2023年6月26日

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•People who are symptomatically and radiologically suffering from grade 3 tibiofemoral osteoarthritis based on the Kellgren-Lawrence radiological grading scale and meet the criteria of the American College of Rheumatology
•Moderate pain range (score 45-74 on the 100 mm VAS scale)
•Body mass index 25=BMI<30
•Lower limb muscle strength equal to or greater than grade 4 based on Kendall and Daniel

•Other rheumatological conditions, recent fracture around the knee, lower limb deformity, osteoporosis, bone tumors
•Varus knee deformity more than 5 degrees, valgus more than 15 degrees
•History of cancer
•Presence of bone implant
•People with a history of surgery on the knee joint
•Open wounds or skin disease around the knee joint
•Injections or physiotherapy on the knee in the last three months, using steroidal or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in the last 15 days
•Other causes of pain in the lower limbs (such as polyneuropathy, restless leg syndrome, fibromyalgia, hip joint pathology, spine root compression, central nervous system diseases), mental disorders

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