To evaluate the effect of Mulligan's mobilization with movement in osteoarthritis of the knee.
Patients with knee OA diagnosed at the orthopaedic clinic of Tumair general hospital and referred to the physiotherapy department who attended the rehabilitation centre of Majmaah university will be recruited. Patients will be excluded if they have had a knee or hip injury, sensory deficits in the lower extremity, a history of lower-extremity surgery, a history of a quadriceps or hamstring muscle injury, low back-related leg pain, or any contraindication to manual therapy. The protocol was submitted to and approved by the Rehabilitation Research Chair, King Saud University Research Ethics Committee (RRC-2021-17) Participants will be requested to sign a written informed consent form approved by the institutional ethics committee. A total of 60 participants were randomly assigned to group A (experimental group): Mulligan's mobilization with movement MWM added isometric strength training, and group B (control group): Sham MWM added isometric strength training. Pre and post-test readings were taken at baseline, week 2, and week 4, respectively. The outcome measures for this study will be maximal voluntary isometric contraction of quadriceps strength (measured by ISOMOVE dynamometer), ROM, and Western Ontario and McMaster universities osteoarthritis (WOMAC) index.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
50
Mulligan's mobilization with movement added isometric exercise: the participants in the experimental group will receive a Mulligan's mobilization with movement added isometric exercise. Treatment will be given for the period of three weeks, for five days a week in both groups. Data will be collected before intervention and after 2nd \& 4th week of intervention.
Rehabilitation center, Majmaah University
Al Majma'ah, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia
pain intensity
Visual Analogue scale on 0 to10 cm
Time frame: 6 weeks
Range of Motion
Standard goniometer.
Time frame: 6 weeks
Western Ontario and McMaster universities osteoarthritis (WOMAC) index
Western Ontario and McMaster universities osteoarthritis scale
Time frame: 6 weeks
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