None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
The purpose of this randomized control trial is to determine a manual therapy intervention (Osteopathic Positional Release) for the reduction of knee pain and improvement in overall knee function and lower extremity function in an osteoarthritic elderly person.
Interventions
Participants in the experimental group will receive osteopathic positional release therapy and popliteal muscle stretching in a face-to-face clinical setting. The intervention will be delivered by physiotherapy students under senior physiotherapist supervision. Treatment will be provided for 4 weeks, 3 sessions per week (12 sessions total), with each session lasting approximately 30 minutes. Conservative treatment will also be provided, including patient education and routine therapeutic exercis
Participants in the experimental group will receive osteopathic positional release therapy and popliteal muscle stretching in a face-to-face clinical setting. The intervention will be delivered by physiotherapy students under senior physiotherapist supervision. Treatment will be provided for 4 weeks, 3 sessions per week (12 sessions total), with each session lasting approximately 30 minutes. Conservative treatment will also be provided, including patient education and routine therapeutic exercises for knee osteoarthritis. Adherence will be monitored using session attendance checklists and treatment logs. All the instructions were given verbally.
Sponsors
University of Management and Technology, Lahore
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Blinded (masking used) (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
50 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Participants will be elderly aging between 50 to 65years of both genders and diagnosed with grade 2 and 3 knee osteoarthritis
Exclusion criteria
People with history of Total Knee Replacement, knee surgery, any history of knee trauma, active skin infection around knee in last 1 year and those diagnosed with cognitive impairment, stroke and Parkinson's disease.
Outcome results
None listed