An Assessment of Hamstring Flexibility of Subjects with Knee Osteoarthritis and Their Age Matched Control

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See, stats, and : https : / / www. researchgate. net / publication / 257827991 An subjects matched Article CITATION 1 READS 101 6 , including : Onigbinde Obafemi 75 SEE Funmilola 5 SEE All. The . All - text are , letting . Abstract : Most often , attention is focused on management of pains , restricted joint motions and decreased muscle strength in subjects with knee osteoarthritis , with little attention on hamstring flexibility training . The objectives of this study were to assess and compare hamstring flexibility of subjects with knee osteoarthritis with their age matched healthy control . Forty - four subjects with grade III knee osteoarthritis and 58 apparently healthy individuals participated in the study . Hamstring flexibility , pain and knee flexion range of motion of both groups were measured . The data was analyzed using descriptive statistic and parametric inferential statistics [ student t - test and Pearson ' s product moment correlation ] . The result showed that the mean flexibility of apparently healthy individual was significantly higher than that of subjects with knee osteoarthritis [ t = 2 . 84 , p<0 . 001 ] . Also , there was significant correlation between age , BMI , height and flexibility of the subjects with knee OA [ r = - 0 . 453 , p = 0 . 002 ; r = - 0 . 568 p = 0 . 034 , r = 0 . 328 , p = 0 . 030 ] respectively . This study concluded that the mean hamstring flexibility of subjects with knee osteoarthritis was significantly lower than that of apparently healthy individual .