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A comparative study on the influence of kinesio taping and laser therapy on knee joint position sense, pain intensity, and function in individuals with knee osteoarthritis
Global Physiotherapy Congress
Vahid Mazloum
Azad University of Karaj, Iran
Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Nov Physiother
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Abstract
Introduction: Conservative rehabilitation methods are assumed as a fundamental part of treatment in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA). The objective was to investigate the influence of Kinesio Taping�?庐 (KT�?庐) and low level laser therapy (LT) on pain intensity, function, and knee joint position sense (JPS) in such patients. Materials & Methods: Twenty-six male patients (Mean�?卤SD of age: 48.5�?卤4.6 years) with unilateral knee OA were randomly divided in to two groups of KT�?庐 (N=13) and LT (N=13). Both groups followed their own specific therapeutic protocol in addition to routine physiotherapy program for 10 sessions. The outcome measurements included pain intensity, function, and knee JPS; which were evaluated using visual analogue scale, 芒�?�?Up and Go test芒�?�?, and reproduction of target angle at baseline and after completing the interventions; respectively. Results: Both methods can significantly improve pain intensity, reduce the time to perform 芒�?�?Up and Go test芒�?�?, and reduce the angle reproduction error of 60�?潞 knee flexion (P<0.001). Mean difference for target angle reproduction error was more significant in KT group compared to LT group (P<0.001); while no significant mean difference was found for other measurements (P>0.05). Conclusion: KT�?庐 and low level laser can improve pain, knee JPS, and function in clients with knee OA; however there is better effect of KT�?庐 on knee JPS.Biography
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