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A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON THE INFLUENCE OF KINESIO TAPING® AND LASER THERAPY ON KNEE JOINT POSITION SENSE, PAIN INTENSITY, AND FUNCTION IN INDIVIDUALS WITH KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS
Joint Event on 7th International Conference and Exhibition on PHARMACOLOGY AND ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY & 5th GLOBAL PHYSIOTHERAPY, PHYSICAL REHABILITATION AND SPORTS MEDICINE
March 27-28, 2019 | Amsterdam, Netherlands
Vahid Mazloum
Islamic Azad University of Karaj, Iran
Scientific Tracks Abstracts : Asian J Biomed Pharmaceut Sci
Abstract:
Introduction: Conservative rehabilitation methods are assumed as a fundamental part of treatment in patients
with knee osteoarthritis (OA). The objective was to investigate the influence of kinesio taping® (KT®) and
low level laser therapy (LT) on pain intensity, function, and knee joint position sense (JPS) in such patients.
Results: Both methods can significantly improve pain intensity, reduce the time to perform ‘Up and Go test’,
and reduce the angle reproduction error of 60º knee flexion (P<0.001). Mean difference for target angle reproduction
error was more significant in KT group compared to LT group (P<0.001); while no significant mean
difference was found for other measurements (P>0.05).
Conclusion: KT® and low level laser can improve pain, knee JPS, and function in clients with knee OA; however
there is better effect of KT® on knee JPS.
Biography:
Vahid Mazloum is a physical therapist from Iran. He completed his PhD from sports Injuries department, Shahid Bahoonar University of Kerman in 2017. Since 2015, he became academic member in Islamic Azad University of Karaj. Since 2011, he is working as a physical therapist to visit clients with musculoskeletal disorders in his private outpatient clinic. He is invited in many domestic and international conferences as a speaker, lecturing about the management of chronic low back pain and also written a book regarding the exercise therapy in orthopedic disorders. His research interests include musculoskeletal rehabilitation among athletes and non-athletes population. He is now working on the effectiveness of dry needling on chronic low back pain for post-doctoral fellowship program.
E-mail: Vahid.mazloum@yahoo.com
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