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Does Stretching Inner Thigh Muscles and Strengthening Outer Hip Muscles Help Reduce Knee Pain and Improve Movement in People with Knee Osteoarthritis?

EFFECTIVENESS OF HIP ADDUCTOR STRETCHING FOLLOWED BY HIP ABDUCTOR STRENGTHENING ON PAIN REDUCTION AND PHYSICAL FUNCTION IMPROVEMENT IN INDIVIDUALS WITH KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS A TWO-ARM PARALLEL GROUP RANDOMIZED INTERVENTIONAL STUDY - NIL

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2025/04/085682
Enrollment
60
Registered
2025-04-25
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-04-28

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Health Condition 1: M00-M99- Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue

Interventions

Intervention1: GROUP A Hip Adductor Stretching followed by Hip Abductor Strengthening combined with Conventional physiotherapy: The protocol starts with hip adductor stretching in a crook lying posit

Sponsors

siddhi mehrotra
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Both male and female participants. 2. Age 50-70 years. 3. Participants having knee osteoarthritis diagnosed by an orthopedic specialist. 4. Participants having grades 2 and 3 according to Kellgren-Lawrence classification. 5. OA knee participants with Unilateral side involvement. 6. Pain intensity greater than or equal to 3 on the Numerical pain rating scale. 7. Participants with knee OA for over or equal to 3 months.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Participants with autoimmune disorders (like Rheumatoid arthritis) other than knee OA. 2. Participants having had previous knee or hip surgery. 3. Participants had a history of oral hormone therapy in the past four weeks or a history of intraarticular hormone injections in the past three months. 4. Participants having any neurological problems. 5. Being on a waiting list for knee replacement. 6. Glucocorticoid or opioid medication in the last 3 months.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Numerical Pain Rating Scale and Modified Western Ontario McMaster University Osteoarthritis IndexTimepoint: At baseline (pre intervention) and after 12th session (post intervention)—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Five times sit to stand test and Manual Muscle Testing grading [Hip abductor]Timepoint: At baseline (pre intervention) and after 12th session (post intervention)—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactSiddhi Rohit Mehrotra

Shree Bharatimaiya college of physiotherapy

sapnachaudhary1324@gmail.com9714750652

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026