Outcome of Physiotherapy Management for Osteoarthritis of Knee Joint : a retrospective survey

Abstract

Purpose : The purpose of the study was to explore the outcomes of physiotherapy management for osteoarthritis of knee joint. Objectives: To explore the outcome of physiotherapy management for patient with osteoarthritis of knee joint, to explore the socio-demographic information of the patient, to compare the number of affected knee joint among the patient with knee OA, to focus on the outcome score of pain after receiving physiotherapy treatment, to know the percentage of achievement of aims of treatment, to identify the possible cause if treatment aims is not achieved. Methodology: The study design was a non-experimental retrospective survey. Total number of sample was 52 osteoarthritis patient’s documents. Results: Result shows that 34-50 years age group were most affected and female were mostly affected by osteoarthritis. Among them the rate of housewives was 65.4%. They are more vulnerable. Effectiveness of physiotherapy was very impressive. Percentage of improvement was approximately 60%. In total achievement, approximately 40% aims of treatment are not achieved due to some causes. It means that physiotherapy has a great role to treat osteoarthritis of knee joint. Conclusion: Osteoarthritis is a common physiotherapy related problem. Because it is not a curable disease but regular physical exercise can reduce the symptoms.