Effect of Mulligan'Mobilization With Movement on Pain, Disability and Range of Motion in Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis

Cairo University (CU)

Status

Completed

Conditions

Physical Fittness

Treatments

Procedure: joint mobilization with movement

Procedure: traditional physical therapy program

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT01756378

REC/012/003

Details and patient eligibility

About

we tested the effect of adding the mobilization with movement to the traditional physical therapy program on pain, ROM and functional disability in patients with knee OA.

study hypothesis: there will be no significant difference between traditional physical therapy program and the mobilization with movement plus the traditional physical therapy program on pain, ROM and functional disability in patients with knee OA

Enrollment

30 patients

Sex

All

Ages

30 to 60 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

patients with unilateral osteoarthritis knee age ranges from 30-60 years old grade 1 or 2 on Kallegren and Lawerance scale. body mass index not more than 36

Exclusion criteria

history of major knee injury or surgery, tumors, osteoporosis, patients undertaking analgesics, patients with uncontrolled hypertension, bleeding, dermatological problems, psychiatric disorders, hearing problems, cognitive problems and pacemaker.

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

None (Open label)

30 participants in 2 patient groups

Muligan mobilization with movement

Experimental group

Description:

Interventions are: medial glide mobilization with movement lateral glide mobilization with movement rotation mobilization with movement dorsal glide with active knee flexion

Treatment:

Procedure: joint mobilization with movement

Procedure: traditional physical therapy program

traditional physical therapy program

Active Comparator group

Description:

Infra-red, stretching exercises, strengthening exercises,

Treatment:

Procedure: traditional physical therapy program