ORIGINAL ARTICLE
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abstractComparative
efficacy of cycle-ergometry exercise and glucosamine sulphate
iontophoresis in pain management of subjects with sub-acute knee
osteoarthritis Onigbinde A T1, Talabi
A E2, Okulaja I.A3,
Dominic O2 1Medical
Rehabilitation Department, College of Health Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo
University,Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria 2Human
Kinetics and Health Education Department, University of Ilorin, Ilorin
, Kwara Stat , Nigeria 3Physiotherapy
Department, Psychiatric Hospital, Aro, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria
Abstract
Aims:
Exercise and electro-analgesia are commonly used in physiotherapy
practice to manage peripheral joint arthritis. Exercise is probably the
least thing most subjects will embark on when experiencing pain
especially at the acute and sub-acute stage. Till date, controversy
still trails which treatment technique is more superior over the
others. The primary purpose of this study was compare the efficacy of
exercise therapy and glucosamine sulphate iontophoresis in managing
pain experienced among subjects with sub-acute knee osteoarthritis. Methods:
Participants are 52 subjects with sub-acute knee osteoarthritis who
were randomly grouped into 3. Group 1 received exercise therapy and
glucosamine sulphate iontophoresis while group 2 participants received
glucosamine sulphate iontophoresis only. An equivalent of 3ml of
glucosamine sulphate was administered for 15 minute via an Interrupted
Galvanic current. Group 3 subjects received exercise therapy only via
cycle Ergometry. They rated pain experienced at the knee joint on a
10-point pain scale. Both the descriptive and inferential statistics
(ANOVA) were used. Results: The result of
ANOVA showed that there was no significant difference in the final pain
(post-test) experienced between the 3 groups. Conclusion:
This study concluded that combination of exercise therapy with
glucosamine sulphate iontophoresis is not superior in relieving pain
better than using exercise therapy only, although, all the treatment
techniques are effective in pain management.
Key
words:exercise,
iontophoresis, pain, knee osteoarthritis
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