NCT06343909

Foot and Hip Abductor Strengthening in Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis.

Comparison of Intrinsic Foot Muscle Strengthening and Hip Abductor Strengthening on Pain, Range of Motion, Function, Foot Arches and Knee Alignment in Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (actual)
• Sponsor: Riphah International University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 40 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The study will be Randomized controlled trail, Subject diagnosed with knee osteoarthritis meeting predetermined inclusion and exclusion criteria will be divided into two groups. Pre assessment will be done using pain, ROM, function, foot arches and knee alignment as subjective measurement through KOOS questionnaire, goniometer, 2D frontal plane projection, Berkemann foot prints using ink and paper ,30s chair stand test, nine step stair climb,40m fast paced walk test,Global rating of change score respectively . One group will be treated with hip abductor strengthening exercise along with conventional exercises and second group will be treated with intrinsic foot muscle strengthening exercise along with conventional exercises. Post treatment values recorded after the session.After data collection from defined study setting,data will be entered and analyzed at Riphah International University,Lahore

Detailed description

Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a leading cause of joint pain1 and disability2 in middle- and older-aged individuals, and is one of the most commonly managed conditions in primary care3. Recent incidence rates suggest around 6% of people aged over 45 years develop knee symptoms. Knee OA symptoms and radiographic change that worsen over time can lead to costly surgical intervention. Compressive forces on the knee caused by knee adduction moment on the medial compartment of the joint are associated with the severity of the disease and intensity of pain. In addition, decreased strength of the quadriceps is one of the contributing factors for the onset of the disease. short foot exercises (SFE) have shown to be effective using the IFM and excluding the EFM found that SFE contracted the intrinsic muscles of the foot to increase the inner arch of the foot, thereby shortening the longitudinal arch.Pronated foot is deeply related to the medial longitudinal arch (MLA) where the presence of a pronated foot consequently leads to a decrease in the MLA.

Conditions

• Knee Osteoarthritis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Hip abductor strengthening exercise	in this group 15 participants will perform hip abductor streghtning along with conventional exercises .protocol for 8 weeks 24 sessions (3 sessions in a weak) and 10 sec rest between each segment,3 sets and 10 reputations will be performed.
OTHER	Intrinsic foot muscle strengthening along with conventional exercises	in this group 15 participants will perform Intrinsic foot muscle strengthening along with conventional exercises .protocol for 8 weeks 24 sessions (3 sessions in a weak) and 10 sec rest between each segment,3 sets and 10 repitations will be performed.

Timeline

• Start date: 2023-11-23
• Primary completion: 2024-06-01
• Completion: 2024-06-01
• First posted: 2024-04-03
• Last updated: 2024-09-04

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Pakistan