Taping has been successfully used by physiotherapist in management of sports injuries. Taping technique along with conventional physical therapy versus conventional physical therapy alone in patient with patellofemoral joint osteoarthritis. Between group comparisons found that taping group (group-A) displayed statistically significant improvement in terms of pain intensity (p=0.005)
Taping has been successfully used by physiotherapist in management of sports injuries. Taping technique along with conventional physical therapy versus conventional physical therapy alone in patient with patellofemoral joint osteoarthritis. Between group comparisons found that taping group (group-A) displayed statistically significant improvement in terms of pain intensity (p=0.005)
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Taping has been successfully used by physiotherapist in management of sports injuries. Taping technique along with conventional physical therapy versus conventional physical therapy alone in patient with patellofemoral joint osteoarthritis. Between group comparisons found that taping group (group-A) displayed statistically significant improvement in terms of pain intensity (p=0.005)
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OSTEOARTHRITIS AS AN ADJUNCT TO CONVENTIONAL PHYSICAL THERAPY” Arnab Chandra, MPT (ortho) 2nd year, NIOH (Kolkata) Guide: K.S.Sharad, MPT (ortho), Asst.Professor NIOH (Kolkata)
Background and objective: taping has been successfully used by physiotherapist in
management of sports injuries because of its effect on reflex stimulation of skin, learning process due to skin drag, enhanced joint proprioception, altering VL & VMO ratio and altering the patellar position. It has been proposed that it can be used to treat degenerative joint disease also like osteoarthritis however there is a lack of evidence. The purpose of this study is to compare the effectiveness of taping technique along with conventional physical therapy versus conventional physical therapy alone in patient with patellofemoral joint osteoarthritis. Subjects: a total of 30 patients (40-65yrs) with patellofemoral joint osteoarthritis were studied. Where mean age was 55(±6) yrs, M: F-(1:1.6) Method: subjects were randomly allocated to group A & B (n=15) who were treated with taping technique along with ultrasound therapy and supervised exercise protocol. Subject in group B (n=15) treated with ultrasound therapy and supervised exercise protocol alone. Each program lasted for 2 weeks. All out come measure were assessed prior to and post 2 weeks intervention. Data was obtained on pain intensity and functional disability via VAS, WOMAC scale, TUG test, timed stair ambulation test. Dependent t-test and independent t-test was used to analyze the data. Result: between group comparisons found that taping group (group-A) displayed statistically significant improvement in terms of pain intensity (p=0.005), WOMAC score (p=0.006), and TUG test (p=0.005) but there was no grater improvement shown in case of timed stair ambulation test (p=0.007). However, comparison of all the outcome measures with in the group indicated significant improvement. Conclusion: taping technique along with conventional physical therapy group resulted in grater gains, compared to other group of conventional physical therapy alone, though there is no significant difference in improvement in timed stair ambulation test between the two groups. Therefore its application can be considered beneficial for pain relief and functional ability improvement in subjects with patellafemoral joint osteoarthritis.