What is it about?

To examine the effect of physiotherapy rehabilitation program on moderate knee osteoarthritis in patients with different pain intensities.

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Why is it important?

The relationship between pain intensity and knee joint position sense is very important for patients with OA in the improvement of rehabilitation programs16). Given these findings, only few studies have considered pain severity during rehabilitation programs for patients with knee OA.

Perspectives

Pain intensity is one of the prominent factors that are responsible for the improvement of knee osteoarthritis. Consequently, pain intensity should be considered during rehabilitation of knee osteoarthritis.

Prof. Dr. Amr Almaz Abdel-aziem
Faculty of Physical Therapy, Cairo University

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This page is a summary of: Effect of a physiotherapy rehabilitation program on knee osteoarthritis in patients with different pain intensities, Journal of Physical Therapy Science, January 2018, Society of Physical Therapy Science,
DOI: 10.1589/jpts.30.307.
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