The Effect of Physical Therapy Modalities and Kinesio Taping in Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis

The Effect of Physical Therapy Modalities and Kinesio Taping on Kinesiophobia and Thickness of the Quadriceps Muscle in Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis

Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common degenerative joint disease with pathological structural and functional disorders all over the world. 27 million patients diagnosed with osteoarthritis in the USA alone.(1-2)

Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common degenerative joint disease with pathological structural and functional disorders all over the world. 27 million patients diagnosed with osteoarthritis in the USA alone.(1-2) The primary risk factor for OA is age however ; It is a multifactorial disease, including injury and genetic mutations.(3-6) The knee is the most commonly involved joint in OA. In the United States, about 14 million people is presumed to have symptomatic knee osteoarthritis. Typical OA manifests as joint pain which is exacerbated by activity and relieved by rest. In advanced stage, pain at rest and at night and morning stiffness lasting no more than 20-30 minutes can be seen. (2) The diagnosis is based on a detailed anamnesis, a complete physical examination, and diagnostic imaging. Imaging findings include joint space narrowing, osteophytes, pseudocyst and subchondral sclerosis in the subchondral bone.(9) Pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments are applied. Exercise, conventional physical therapy ( hotpack, therapeutic ultrasound, tens) and kinesioband are some of the non-pharmacological treatments.

Inclusion Criteria:

over 50 ages Stage 2-3 osteoarthritis according to Kellgren Lawrence lectures

Exclusion Criteria:

Presence of acute infection The patient has a history of knee surgery Presence of rheumatological disease History of malignancy Major knee trauma Presence of crystal arthropathy Presence of acute trauma/fracture History of avascular necrosis The presence of contracture in the knee Using analgesic or anti-inflammatory drugs in the last 1 week Using oral or intramuscular corticosteroids in the last 3 months Intra-articular injection of the knee in the last 6 months Receiving physical therapy modalities from the knee area in the last 1 year Diseases such as dementia that may cause loss of cognitive functions