Effectiveness of Mobilisation with Movement Versus Conventional Physiotherapy on Pain and Functions Among Patients with Unilateral Medial Compartment Tibiofemoral Knee Osteoarthritis

Abstract

Objectives: The purpose of the study was to compare the effect of Mobilisation with Movement and conventional physiotherapy in patients with unilateral medial compartment tibiofemoral knee osteoarthritis. Methods: A total of 30 subjects with osteoarthritis knee diagnosed clinically were included in the study and randomised equally into two groups, 15 in each. Group A had Mobilisation with Movement and Group B underwent conventional physiotherapy.The outcome measures used were Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) and Oxford knee score (OKS). The measurement were taken at baseline and after 2 weeks of intervention. Results: The paired and unpaired t tests were used to compare within and between the groups respectively. Both the groups improved in pain and Oxford knee score, but Group A improved significantly more in Visual analogue scale (VAS) (P<0.0001) and Oxford knee score (OKS) (P <0.0405) than Group B. Conclusion: The study concluded that Mobilisation with Movement (MWM) provides superior benefits over conventional physiotherapy in improving the pain and functions. Keywords: Knee Osteoarthritis, Mobilisation with Movement, Shortwave diathermy, VAS, OKS