EFFECTIVENESS OF HEAT AND COLD APPLICATION WITH RANGE OF MOTION ON PAIN, JOINT STIFFNESS AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AMONG OLDER ADULTS WITH KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS – Pilot study

K.MEENA; DR.R.VIJAYARAGHAVAN; DR.C.ANBUSELVAM

Volume : VIII, Issue : IV, April - 2019

EFFECTIVENESS OF HEAT AND COLD APPLICATION WITH RANGE OF MOTION ON PAIN, JOINT STIFFNESS AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AMONG OLDER ADULTS WITH KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS – Pilot study

K. Meena, Dr. R. Vijayaraghavan, Dr. C. Anbuselvam

Abstract :

Back ground: Osteoarthritis is the most common articular disease of the developed world and a leading cause of chronic disability of the knee osteoarthritis. Incidence of knee osteoarthritis is raised by increasing average age of general population. Methods: comparative quasi experimental design of two independent groups with two pre–test and two post–test was adopted. 20 primary knee osteoarthritis were selected using purposive sampling technique. The study were explained and informed consent was taken after which they were assigned into experimental group 1– heat application and experimental group 2– cold application . twenty older adults with primary knee osteoarthritis were selected from the orthopaedic units of Indira Gandhi Government General Hospital. Five Instruments were used to collect the data from the participants. Semi–structured interview schedule, Anthropometric measurements, Visual analogue scale ,Kellgrans and Lawrence classification, Goniometer , Modified WOMAC Index. Results: Mann–Whitney rank sum test was used for the comparison of pre– test level of pain, stiffness and physical activity scores between the experimental group1 and group 2 .Which was not significant at the pre–test level. The comparison of post test level of pain, stiffness and physical activity was significant at the level of p<0.001. Conclusion: Heat and cold application with range of motion exercise was effective on reduction of pain joint stiffness and promotion of physical activity in both the experimental groups. It was significant at the level of p<0.001