Participants Interviews were conducted with 24 people with recent experience receiving physiotherapy care for their knee OA. They were required to be aged 45 years or above, had activity-related knee pain and any knee-related morning stiffness lasted no longer than 30 min. Participants were ...
"Joint protection first": understanding physiotherapists' implementation of evidence-based interventions in osteoarthritis knee management-a qualitative study CONCLUSION: This study illustrates the multifaceted barriers to implementing evidence-based interventions for knee OA among Indian physiotherapists. Addressin...
Physiotherapy, including quadriceps exercises and patellar taping, for knee osteoarthritis with predominant patello-femoral joint involvement: randomized c... To design and carry out a randomized controlled trial of a complex, physical therapy based intervention for patello-femoral joint (PFJ) osteoarthri...
Systematic narrative review of modalities in physiotherapy for managing pain in hip and knee osteoarthritis: A review Osteoarthritis (OA) affects 528 million individuals globally, predominantly in knee and hip joints, with a notable impact on females aged over 55, resultin... JPP Berteau - 《Medic...
Knee and elbow braces, taping and orthotics are also commonly prescribed by physiotherapists [5,6]. Despite this diversity of self-management strategies, past research on physiotherapist prescribed self-management strategies has tended to focus on exercise. The efficacy of a self-management strategy ...
With an aging and increasingly obese world population, that are projected to increase the prevalence of knee OA pain, there is an urgent need for accessible and effective treatments that improve patient symptoms and function, while minimising the costs to both patients and society. Interventions ...
Ottawa Physiotherapy & Sport Clinics offer custom knee bracing for people with ligamentous knee injuries and osteoarthritis (OA). The custom knee bracing provides pain relief for OA sufferers and reduces the weight on the affected knee compartment. ...
Implementation of a physiotherapy-led arthroplasty review clinic demonstrated that outcome measures in this patient cohort were not compromised and, following knee joint arthroplasty, may even be improved. What are the implications for practitioners? The findings of this study indicate that joint review ...
The GLA:D® program (Good Life with Arthritis: Denmark) is an education and exercise program developed by researchers in Denmark for people with hip or knee osteoarthritis (OA) symptoms. Read more » Osteoporosis Prevention What is it?Osteoporosis is the term used to describe when a person...
It was concluded that OA is a common condition seen in the Physiotherapy facilities in Lagos and Ibadan, accounting for about 9% of new patients; it is more common in females than males (3.5:1) and the knee joint is the most frequently affected....