EFFECTIVENESS OF KINESIO TAPING IN THE MANAGEMENT OF KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS - A PROSPECTIVE STUDY

Authors

  • Mohamed Syed Moosa M, Zakir Hussain Mohamed , Mohamed Sheriff Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48047/

Keywords:

osteoarthritis (OA), Kinesio taping (KT), Western Ontario and McMaster University Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC), Visual Analogy Score (VA

Abstract

Background: Knee osteoarthritis (OA) joint disease most commonly occurs in the elderly population, and it causes significant pain and functional limitations. Manual therapy, physical therapy modalities, taping techniques, patient education and therapeutic exercises, orthosis, and more recently, extracorporeal shock wave therapy (ESWT) are all used to treat knee OA. Kinesio taping (KT) is a therapeutic technique used to treat knee OA

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Published

2024-06-15

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 6 (2024): volume 15 issue 6 (2024)

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Articles