Effectiveness of Lateral Insoles in Improving Activity of Daily Living Among Patients of Knee Osteoarthritis

Authors

  • Abdul Salam Assistant Professor/HOD, Imran Idrees Institute of Rehabilitation Sciences, Sialkot Medical College, Sialkot
  • Waqar Ahmed Awan Consultant Physical therapist, Rehab Active, I -8 Active Fitness Center Islamabad –Pakistan
  • Aqsa Khalid Medical Officer, Sundas Foundation, Sialkot Pakistan
  • Tahir Mahmood Senior Lecturer /Physical Therapist, Imran Idrees Institute of Rehabilitation Sciences, Sialkot Medical College, Sialkot
  • Muhammad Waqas Ghauri Assistant professor, Agile Institute of Rehabilitation Sciences, Bahawalpur Punjab Pakistan

Keywords:

ADLS, Knee Osteoarthritis, Lateral Insoles

Abstract

Objective: To determine the effectiveness of lateral insoles in patients of Knee Osteoarthritis for improving activities of daily living among patients with Knee Osteoarthritis.

Methodology: This a single blinded, Randomized controlled clinical trial conducted on 40 subjects at Madinah Teaching Hospital, physiotherapy clinics from 25 Feb 2016 to 26 August 2016 after approval from Institutional Review Board. By using simple convenient method subjects were recruited and randomized using coin toss method into group A and B. The study was completed in 07 months. Subjects diagnosed with Osteoarthritis (OA) on the basis of clinical and radiological finding of medial compartment knee OA grade II and III were included. Subjects were included as per inclusion criteria of study and then divided in two groups with 20 subjects in each. Activity of daily living was assessed at baseline, 2nd, 4th and 6th week. Using SPSS V.20 repeated measures ANOVA was used for analysis of outcome of interest.

Results: The results showed that there was significant improvement in activities including bathing, standing, and sitting, getting in and out of car and ascending chairs. The experimental group treated with lateral Insoles, showed greater improvement comparing pre and post intervention as compared to control group (P<.05)

Conclusion: The results of the study show that the lateral insoles have significant role for improving the activity of daily living in patients having grade III knee Osteoarthritis.

Keywords: ADLS, Knee Osteoarthritis, Lateral Insoles

Downloads

Published

2021-12-16

How to Cite

1.
Salam A, Awan WA, Khalid A, Mahmood T, Ghauri MW. Effectiveness of Lateral Insoles in Improving Activity of Daily Living Among Patients of Knee Osteoarthritis. J Riphah Coll. Rehabili. sci. [Internet]. 2021Dec.16 [cited 2025Jul.18];9(2). Available from: https://journals.riphah.edu.pk/index.php/jrcrs/article/view/692

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 2 (2021): JRCRS Volume 9 Issue 2

Section

Original Articles

License

Copyright (c) 2021 All Articles are made available under a Creative Commons "Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International" license. (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). Copyrights on any open access article published by Journal Riphah college of Rehabilitation Science (JRCRS) are retained by the author(s). Authors retain the rights of free downloading/unlimited e-print of full text and sharing/disseminating the article without any restriction, by any means; provided the article is correctly cited. JRCRS does not allow commercial use of the articles published. All articles published represent the view of the authors and do not reflect the official policy of JRCRS.

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.