دورية أكاديمية
ROLE OF ULTRASOUND THERAPY IN OSTEOARTHRITIS KNEE
| العنوان: | ROLE OF ULTRASOUND THERAPY IN OSTEOARTHRITIS KNEE |
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| المؤلفون: | Syed Naveed Mumtaz, Syed Hussain Shah |
| المصدر: | Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, Vol 68, Iss 4, Pp 914-918 (2018) |
| بيانات النشر: | Army Medical College Rawalpindi, 2018. |
| سنة النشر: | 2018 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Medicine LCC:Medicine (General) |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | osteoarthritis, visual analog scale (vas), Medicine, Medicine (General), R5-920 |
| الوصف: | Objective: To study the role of ultrasound therapy in osteoarthritis of knee joint. Study Design: Descriptive cross-sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Combined Military Hospital, Okara for a period of 6 months, from Jul 2016 to Dec 2016. Material and Methods: Sixty consecutive patients with symptomatic osteoarthritis of knee joint were included in the study. Results: Out of 60 patients 34 (56.67%) patients were females while 26 (43.33%) were males. The mean age in both groups was 55 years and the age range was 42-72 years. There was significant improvement of pain from a mean Visual Analogue Score of 6 to 2 (p=0.001). There was also improvement in stiffness and physical activity and very less analgesic requirement after ultrasound therapy of knee joint. Conclusion: Ultrasound therapy of knee joint improves pain, stiffness and physical activity in patients with osteoarthritis of knee joint. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 0030-9648 2411-8842 |
| Relation: | https://www.pafmj.org/index.php/PAFMJ/article/view/65/43; https://doaj.org/toc/0030-9648; https://doaj.org/toc/2411-8842 |
| URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/1bf7ee959b094c8e929b486c6bd3e6be |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsdoj.1bf7ee959b094c8e929b486c6bd3e6be |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
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