Abstract:
Purpose : The purpose of the study was to explore the outcomes of physiotherapy
management for osteoarthritis of knee joint. Objectives: To explore the outcome of
physiotherapy management for patient with osteoarthritis of knee joint, to explore the
socio-demographic information of the patient, to compare the number of affected knee
joint among the patient with knee OA, to focus on the outcome score of pain after
receiving physiotherapy treatment, to know the percentage of achievement of aims of
treatment, to identify the possible cause if treatment aims is not achieved.
Methodology: The study design was a non-experimental retrospective survey. Total
number of sample was 52 osteoarthritis patient’s documents. Results: Result shows
that 34-50 years age group were most affected and female were mostly affected by
osteoarthritis. Among them the rate of housewives was 65.4%. They are more
vulnerable. Effectiveness of physiotherapy was very impressive. Percentage of
improvement was approximately 60%. In total achievement, approximately 40% aims
of treatment are not achieved due to some causes. It means that physiotherapy has a
great role to treat osteoarthritis of knee joint. Conclusion: Osteoarthritis is a common
physiotherapy related problem. Because it is not a curable disease but regular physical
exercise can reduce the symptoms.
