Indian Journal of Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy - An International Journal
Year : 2018, Volume : 12, Issue : 1
First page : ( 134) Last page : ( 137)
Print ISSN : 0973-5666. Online ISSN : 0973-5674.
Article DOI : 10.5958/0973-5674.2018.00024.2

Comparison between Immediate Effect Land based and Water based squatting Activity on Pain in Osteoarthritis Knee Patients

Kulkarni Parag¹, Tank Arti², Kumar Ajay³, Pimpale Satish⁴, Shetty Suchit⁴

¹Associate Professor, DPO's NETT College of Physiotherapy

²Intern, DPO's NETT College of Physiotherapy

³Principal, DPO's NETT College of Physiotherapy

⁴Assistant Professor, DPO's NETT College of Physiotherapy

Online published on 16 January, 2018.

Abstract

Aim

To compare immediate effect of land-based and water based squatting activity on pain in OA knee patients.

Objectives

To assess the pain using VAS (visual analogue scale) after performing land based squatting activity in OA knee patients

Results

The study showed that subjects of osteoarthritis knee showed statistically significant difference between immediate effect of land based and water based squatting activity(p<0.05)

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Keywords

OA, Osteoarthrithis, Squatting, Knee pain, Elderly.

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