Mulligan Mobilization With Movement Versus Macquarie Injury Management Group in Function and Pain of Knee Osteoarthritis

Riphah International University

Status

Completed

Conditions

Knee Osteoarthritis

Treatments

Other: Mulligan Mobilization with Movement

Other: Macquarie Injury Management group

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT04818307

REC/Lhr/1064

Details and patient eligibility

About

Knee pain is one of the most usual pain that commonly affects people especially in the late age. It can be caused by osteoarthritis, poor posture or sitting position, bad bending or improper lifting. It is usually not caused by a serious illness. It is the most common cause of disability. To compare the long term effects of Mulligan Mobilization with Movement versus Macquarie Injury Management Group on pain and function of knee osteoarthritis.

Full description

It was a randomized clinical trial conducted in Revival Physiotherapy Center, Lahore. A convenient sample of 26 diagnosed patients with osteoarthritis was included in the study. Subjects were randomly distributed in to two groups with use of flip coin method Group of randomization. Group 1 patients got MIMG with routine physical therapy and Group 2 got MWM with routine physical therapy. Visual analogue Scale (VAS),Non modified WOMAC were used to assess all patients before and after 4 weeks of intervention. Statistical analysis was computed by SPSS 20.0.

Enrollment

26 patients

Sex

All

Ages

50+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

ACR criteria for knee will be over age 50
less than 30 minutes of morning stiffness,
Crepitus on active motion,
Tenderness
Enlargement
No palpable warmth of synovium.
Osteoarthritis grade 1 and 2 by Kelly-green and Lawrence method.

Exclusion criteria

Any surgical procedure done in past 6 months and metal implants in lower extremity.
Any infection and neoplastic disorder.
Post traumatic knee stiffness.
Secondary knee O A peripheral vascular disease