Original Research Article
Year: 2019 | Month: September | Volume: 9 | Issue: 9 | Pages: 33-38
Comparative Study of Movement Control Tests between Subjects of Knee Osteoarthritis and Healthy Controls
Dr. Purti Haral1, Niyati Doshi2
1Associate Professor, School of Physiotherapy, D.Y. Patil University, Nerul, Navi Mumbai.
2Intern, School of Physiotherapy, D.Y. Patil University, Nerul, Navi Mumbai.
Corresponding Author: Niyati Doshi
ABSTRACT
Objectives: 1) To assess the Movement control (MC) tests amongst healthy controls and knee Osteoarthritis and study their comparison in Mumbai and Navi Mumbai population.
Method: 30 subjects of OA knees [Mean age 59(S.D.=7.91)years] and 30 subjects of healthy control [Mean age 59(S.D.=9.5) years]were assessed for both the knees on their performance of the 6 MC tests and WOMAC scale. The subjects were rated on a 3-point scale as either correct, incorrect, or failed. Level of significance was calculated for the comparison of two groups by using paired and unpaired t-test.
Results: We found that even normal healthy controls performed the tests incorrectly, although the difference for both the groups was not significant (0.2225).
Conclusion: We conclude that OA subjects and normal healthy controls both performed the movement control tests incorrectly in spite of differences in the joint pathology and pain levels.
Key words: Movement control tests, Knee osteoarthritis, Healthy controls, Indian population