Cryotherapy + Home-Based Exercise + Education for Knee Osteoarthritis .
Effectiveness of home-based conventional exercise and cryotherapy on daily living activities in patients with knee osteoarthritis: A randomized controlled clinical trial.
Medicine (Baltimore) . 2023 May 5;102(18):e33678.Sixty patients with knee osteoarthritis (grade ≤ 3) were randomized to receive either cryotherapy + education + home-based exercises (G1; n=20), education + home-based exercises (G2; n=20), or education alone (G3; n=20). Outcomes of interest included the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) Scores and Timed Up and Go Test (TUG) at 2 and 3 months. At 2 months post-intervention, G1 showed significantly better pain, stiffness, physical function, total WOMAC, and TUG scores compared to G2 and G3. Similarly, G2 also showed significantly better WOMAC and TUG scores at 2 months when compared to G3. At 3 months, G1 showed significantly lower WOMAC and TUG scores compared to G2.
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