Effects Of Conventional Physiotherapy Inreduction Of Pain In Female Osteoarthritis Patients:A Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis

Naresh Bhaskar, Raj and Choo Morley, Liza and Soumendra, Saha and Amran, Ahmed Shokri (2018) Effects Of Conventional Physiotherapy Inreduction Of Pain In Female Osteoarthritis Patients:A Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis. International Journal Of Life Science And Pharma Research, 1 (SI). pp. 14-28. ISSN 2250-0480

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Abstract

This review was carried out to find out the effectiveness of conventional physiotherapeutic (CP) training on reduction of pain in middle-aged and elderly female individuals diagnosed as having Osteoarthritis (OA) of knee. Multiple databases having articles published between 2000 and 2016, such as - Web of Science, ProQuest, PubMed, Ebscohost and CINAHL were methodically searched for articles related to OA of knee. Only descriptive, metaanalytical and interventional research articles were retained. Overall effect size with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) was used to assess the strength of the relationship between interventions and reduction of pain among elderly OA of knee patients, by using a random effects model. Heterogeneity was also evaluated. 20 experimental studies were selected and included in the review, out of which 8 were randomized controlled trials and rest were pseudo-randomised controlled trials. Studies considering drug co-interventions were excluded. Standardized effect sizes with 95% confidence interval (CIs) were calculated from the pre-intervention and post-intervention means of the conventional physiotherapy (CP) training group and other intervention or no-intervention group. Altogether twenty articles were analysed for reduction of pain. Pooled analysis of the results from the articles included clarified that, out of twenty articles, fifteen studies favoured CP training as a modality for reduction of pain in elderly OA patients. Rest of the articles (five articles) were found to favour no-intervention condition. This study confirmed the effectiveness of conventional physiotherapeutic (CP) training in reducing pain in OA patients.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Osteoarthritis, Conventional physiotherapy training, Pain, Meta-analysis
Subjects: R Medicine > RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology
Divisions: Faculty of Health Sciences
Depositing User: Rafidah M.Saaid
Date Deposited: 16 Mar 2022 02:21
Last Modified: 16 Mar 2022 02:21
URI: http://eprints.unisza.edu.my/id/eprint/6269

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