Effects of Ultrasound and Infrared on Joint Pain and Movement in Hemophilia A Patients.

Comparative Effects of Ultrasound and Infrared on Pain, Range of Motion and Joint Health in Knee, Elbow and Ankle Joints in Patients With Hemophilia A: a Randomized Clinical Trial

The study aims to compare the effectiveness of therapeutic ultrasound and infrared in managing hemarthrosis in patients with Hemophilia A, focusing on specific outcomes like joint pain, swelling, muscle atrophy, and range of motion.The main question to it is either one from both of the modalities are effective for hemophilia patients or not? comparison will be done to check the effectiveness of ultrasound and infrared on patients of both groups.

participants will:

1. get the treatment according to their respective groups
2. Both groups were given 4 sessions for 4 weeks.

The data collection was started by the consent of the participants through the consent form. Then we randomly divided the patients into Group A and Group B. Group A participants were given Ultrasound therapy for 10 minutes with intensity of 1.5 W/m2 along with the conventional physiotherapy as well as home plan. Group B participants were given Infrared therapy for 10 minutes with moderate intensity along with the conventional physiotherapy as well as home plan. Both groups were given 4 sessions for 4 weeks.

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Patients with hemophilia A (Eid & Aly, 2015) .
2. Who had the Bleeding frequency of atleast once per week (Eid & Aly, 2015).
3. Males with hemophilia A
4. Irrespective of their therapeutic regime administered by their hematologists (Donoso-Úbeda, Meroño-Gallut, López-Pina, & Cuesta Barriuso, 2020) .

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Patients who had surgical procedures (Eid & Aly, 2015) .
2. Patients who were suffering from co-morbidities along with Hemophilia A.
3. Patients who had any other disability/deformity.
4. Who were receiving other physiotherapy treatment (Donoso-Úbeda et al., 2020) .
5. Who failed to sign the informed consent (Donoso-Úbeda et al., 2020)