Effectiveness of muscle energy technique to strengthening of muscle in patients with knee osteoarthritis.

Abstract

Introduction: As osteoarthritis impact on the hips and knees, it is thought to be the fourth most common cause of disability globally. Patients with OA are becoming more and more common every day. Purpose: The purpose of this study to explore the effectiveness of muscle energy technique to strengthening of knee in osteoarthritis patients. Objectives: To evaluate the effectiveness of muscle energy technique to strengthening of knee in osteoarthritis patients. Methodology: This study was a randomized control trial quantitative type of research which is single blinded. Total 40 patients were taken in this research on the basis of inclusion and exclusion criteria and divided into 2 groups. One group is control group and other group is experimental group. Each group has 20 patients. Both groups were taken 12 sessions in 4 weeks. Control group were taken conventional physiotherapy and experimental group were taken muscle energy technique with conventional physiotherapy. All subjects were evaluated by Numeric Pain Rating Scale, Goniometer for measuring Range of Motion and Manual Muscle Testing for measuring muscle strength. Results: The findings of this study were carried out by Mann Whitney U test, Wilcoxon Signed Rank test, independent t test and Paired t test. Mean age of experimental group was 52.85 and the control group was 53. Gender distribution of this study were male 70% and female 30%. In pain, range of motion and muscle strength maximum movement had improved and significant level is <005. Discussion: Khuman et al., 2014 conducted a study in 90 patients in 3 groups, the results of that study showed that Muscle Energy Technique is effective in reducing pain, increase range of motion and in knee osteoarthritis participants. Choksi and Tank, 2016 conducted a study, where there were 120 participants devided in two groups one is group A MET and another is group B Control. The result of that study showed that subjects belonging to MET group were able to increase the hamstring flexibility and quadriceps strength compared to the control group. Conclusion: This study had concluded that muscle energy technique had improved strength of knee and also reduce pain and increase range of motion. Key words: Muscle Energy Technique, Osteoarthritis, Strengthening. Word count: 11096.