proprioceptive exercises in age Matched individuals and Replaced knees

Objective: To study the effect of proprioceptive exercises in Age Matched

Individuals, Osteoarthritis and Replaced Knee using Visual Analogue Scale, Knee

Society Score and Joint Position Sense.

Background: In the elderly population the most common chronic musculoskeletal

disorder and the leading cause of disability is osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis is a

degenerative joint disease involving thining and destruction of the smooth cartilage.

Joint arthoplasty is an intervention for those patients with severe pain, disease and

radiographic evidences. Loss of proprioception due to arthritis was not improved by

operation.

Method: Total 165 subjects between age 45 to 75 years were recruited according to

inclusion and exclusion criteria in Group A- aged matched individuals, Group Bosteoarthritis

and Group C- total knee replacement. All three groups were given

proprioceptive and conventional exercises along with TKR exercises for Group C.

Pain intensity, Joint Position Sense and Knee Society Score were assessed on first day

and repeated at 6th week.

Results: Data was analyzed statistically by comparing pre and post intervention

scores of all three groups. The analysis of the study shows significant improvement in

outcome measures Pain intensity, Joint Position Sense and Knee Society Score in Age

Matched Individuals group, osteoarthritis group and replaced knees group.

Conclusion: The present study concludes that proprioceptive exercises are beneficial

in improving joint position sense in Age Matched Individuals, osteoarthritis and

replaced knees.