Abstract :
Background: Osteoarthritis is considered commonest cause of disability in elder adults. The knee is the joint most frequently affected by osteoarthritis. Clinically, knee OA is described by pain at weight bearing, soreness, knee movement restriction, crepitation, swelling, edema and inflammation. Physiotherapy as the main choice of conservative management; which includes various strategies such as manual therapy, exercises, patellar taping and electrical modalities with or without thermal modalities as measures for pain reduction.
Aim: To determine the recent research evidences for the efficacy of exercise in knee osteoarthritis patients.
Method: This systematic review mainly includes randomized controlled trails. Searching done by Google Scholar, PubMed and PEDro from 2012 to 2021. We used terms like- knee pain, osteoarthritis, exercise and physiotherapy management.
Result: Present outcomes shows that exercise therapy is effective technique in reducing pain in Knee osteoarthritis patients without adverse effects. The search resulted in 50 articles but only 05 articles were selected for the study based on criteria.
Conclusion: Therapeutic exercise program designed for knee OA treatment can be more effective at increasing quadriceps muscle activation by reducing pain during exercise.
Keyword :
Knee Osteoarthritis, Electrotherapy, Exercise, Physiotherapy.