Comparison of aquatic and thera-band exercise on pain, endurance and quality of life among obese people with knee osteoarthritis
<p>Knee Osteoarthritis (KOA) causes pain, stiffness and muscular weakness which</p><p>results in reduced activities of daily living (ADL). This study aims to compare the</p><p>effect of aquatic exercise (AqE) and Thera-band exerci...
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| Language: | eng |
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2023
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| Summary: | <p>Knee Osteoarthritis (KOA) causes pain, stiffness and muscular weakness which</p><p>results in reduced activities of daily living (ADL). This study aims to compare the</p><p>effect of aquatic exercise (AqE) and Thera-band exercises (TbE) on pain intensity,</p><p>endurance, and quality of life (QoL) among obese people with KOA. In this crosssectional</p><p>study, a total of forty-five obese participants (n = 45; male = 22, female =</p><p>23) with KOA (BMI 27.5 kg.m-2) were purposively recruited and randomly</p><p>assigned into three groups; Aquatic exercise group (AqG), Thera-band exercise group</p><p>(TbG), and the control group (CG). For the analysis of results, using the Mixed</p><p>ANOVA method, it revealed that there is a significant effect between AqE and TbE</p><p>on pain intensity (F: (2/42) = 34.18, p < 0.001), endurance (F:(2/42) = 11.425, p <</p><p>0.001) and quality of life (F:(2/42) = 32.148, p < 0.001) with control group. Even</p><p>though there was not a significant difference between AqG and TbG in pain intensity</p><p>(p=0.896), and endurance (p=0.072), there was significant difference in QoL between</p><p>both intervention groups (p=0.022). In addition, the results revealed a significant</p><p>improvement among AqG compared to CG in pain intensity (p=0.001), endurance</p><p>(p=0.046) and QoL(p=0.000). The MANCOVA results displayed a significant</p><p>interaction of group time effect on all sub-domains of QoL. In addition, pairwise</p><p>comparisons between groups among QoL sub-domains revealed that there was a</p><p>significant difference between AqG and TbG in all dimensions of QoL (pain,</p><p>symptom, ADL, sport/recreation and knee related QoL. To conclude, progressive AqE</p><p>and TbE can alternatively be suggested for improvement of pain intensity, endurance,</p><p>and quality of life among people with KOA while the effect size of AqE program was</p><p>slightly greater in both variables.</p> |
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