Abstract

COMPARISON OF MULLIGAN’S MOBILISATION WITH MOVEMENT AND TENS ALONG WITH KINESIO TAPING FOR OSTEOARTHRITIS OF KNEE JOINT

Dr. Shilpa Khandare*, Nithin. N. Nair, Dr. Soumik Basu, Dr. Manisha Rathi, Dr. Roopa Desai and Dr. Tushar J. Palekar

Abstract

Background: A common painful and chronic condition that affects a larger proportion of the older population is knee osteoarthritis (OA), may in part be due to excessive loading of the articular cartilage mainly in medial compartment. The present study was undertaken to determine and compare the effect of Mulligan’s Mobilization with Movement (MWM) and Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) along with Kinesio Taping (KT) in knee OA. Method: 30 patients fulfilling the eligibility criteria were selected and an informed consent was taken. Subjects were randomly divided into two groups by using simple random sampling: Mulligan’s MWM group (15 subjects) and TENS along with KT group (15 subjects). On the first day, each participant was assessed for Visual Analogue Scale (VAS); Foot Posture Index (FPI) and Timed Up and Go test (TUG). Group A received Mulligan’s MWM and Group B received Burst TENS for 15 minutes along with KT for Quadriceps activation. The participants were assessed post intervention after 4 days using all three outcome measures. Result: Both groups obtained successful outcomes, as measured by significant change in VAS (p

Keywords: Knee Osteoarthritis, Mulligan’s Mobilisation with Movement, Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation, Kinesio Taping, Visual Analogue Scale, Foot Posture Index, Timed Up and Go test.