ACUTE EFFECT OF KINESIOLOGY MEDIAL TAPING OF PATELLA PATIENT OF CHRONIC OSTEOARTHRITIS KNEE WITH PATELLOFEMORAL INVOLVEMENT

Abstract

Osteoarthritis is a worldwide most common problem in middle age people, Osteoarthritis is from time to time denoted to as deteriorating or wear and tear arthritis. Osteoarthritis might be result from injury to the knee previous in life. Fractures relating the joints surface, insecurity from ligament tears, and meniscal injuries can all reason irregular wear and tear of the knee joint. Patients and methods Method: - 30 patients attending a hospital who fullled entry criteria were recruited for the study. Pre diagnosed Patients referred by orthopedic surgeons of SAIMS hospital Indore and those who full entry criteria were considered for the study. The both Male and Female was taken in the study with age group of 55-65 years and who had knee symptoms since 1-3 years and dived into 2 groups experimental and control group. It is an experimental study of pretest and post-test. To nd out the Acute effect of kinesiology medial taping over patella in decreasing pain as measured by VAS and Patellofemoral Joint Evaluation Scale in chronic primary osteoarthritis of knee with patellofemoral involvement. Result: - There were no statistically signicant differences between the three groups in terms Percentage increase in patellofemoral joint functional scale rating from initial value in experimental group is 20.4% and control group is 10.06%. Percentage reduction of VAS score from initial value is experimental group is 20% and control is 4.6%. When comparing the percentage difference in reduction of VAS between experimental and control group, there is better reduction of pain in experimental group at the end of treatment. Conclusion: The study revised a signicant and reliable nding on the use of kinesiology medial tape in the treatment of pain in patellofemoral arthritis primary to a decreasing pain symptom and in improving functional activity.