knee osteoarthritis.
Conditions
Interventions
1- interferential + exercise therapy
2- exercise therapy.
Rehabilitation
1- interferential + exercise therapy
2- exercise therapy
Sponsors
student research committee of shiraz university of medical sciences
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
45 Years to 65 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria were the age between 45 and 65 years, bilateral knee pain lasting at least for 6 months, morning stiffness lasting more than 30 minutes, crepitation during active knee movements and radiographic findings of KOA (such as joint space narrowing and osteophyte) Patients with the history of intra-articular steroid injection in the previous 6 months, and fracture, arthroplasty or surgery in the lower limbs were excluded from this study, as were subjects with cardio-pulmonary dysfunction, malignancy, lower limb’s acute inflammatory conditions and radicular pain, patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and patients who had received physiotherapy treatments at the previous four months
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria:
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Pain intensity. Timepoint: before and after intervention. Method of measurement: numeric rating scale (NRS). | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Functional activities. Timepoint: before and after intervention. Method of measurement: WOMAC quastionaire. | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Public Contactsaba salemi
shiraz university of medical sciences
Outcome results
None listed