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Instrument-Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization & Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Stretching For Knee OA

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May 2024

Instrument-Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization & Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Stretching For Knee OA

Vol: 306| Issue: 5| Number:118| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:1
Journal Level of Evidence:1

Comparison of instrument-assisted soft tissue mobilization and proprioceptive neuromuscular stretching on hamstring flexibility in patients with knee osteoarthritis.

PeerJ . 2023 Dec 1:11:e16506.

Contributing Authors:
N Anjum RK Sheikh A Omer K Anwar MMH Khan A Aftab WA Awan

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Sixty patients with knee osteoarthritis were randomized to receive either instrument-assisted soft tissue mobilization (IASTM) (n=30) or proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF) stretching (n=30). Outcomes of interest were hamstring flexibility, measured using the active knee extension test (AKET), pain intensity on a Visual Analog Scale (VAS), and Western Ontario and McMaster Universities ...

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