Effect Of Strengthening Hip Rotators And Ankle Muscles On Knee Osteoarthritis
Knee Osteoarthritis
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Knee Osteoarthritis
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: Chronic Knee osteoarthritis with pain for more than 3 months. Age between 40-55 years . BMI 25 - 34.9 Kellgren _ Lawrence grad1,2,3 . Subjects must be referred to the outpatient clinic of the faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University with a confirmed diagnosis of unilateral or bilateral (knee with primary affection included) knee osteoarthritis and having one or more of the following criteria: Morning stiffness for less than 30 min. Crepitus on active knee movement. Palpable or radiographic bony enlargement. Tenderness at joint margins or joint line. Knee pain over 30 mm on the Visual analogue scale. Exclusion Criteria: - 1- Physical therapy treatment for hip, knee and ankle in the last month. 2-Steroid knee injections in the previous 3 months. 3- hyaluronic acid intraarticular injections in the previous 6 months. 4- History of knee, ankle or hip surgery in the last 2 years. 5- Severe knee malalignment in varus or valgus that requires use of any gait-assistive device. 6- Neurological disease in lower limb 7- Inflammatory arthritis (eg: rheumatoid arthritis). 8- Ankle instability
Sites / Locations
- Cairo University
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Other
experimental group
control group
patients will receive strengthening exercise for hip rotators and ankle muscles in addition to quadriceps strengthening . stretching exercise for hamstring and calf muscle also will be received
patients will receive strengthening exercises for quadriceps and stretching exercise for hamstring and calf muscle.