Rehabilitation of Osteoarthritic knee. Recent Trends

      Аннотация: Industrial revolution was a boon for mankind as it opened new avenues for humans to explore. Mechanisation or automation of work helped mankind to have more time for leisure activities. In the modern world most of us have access to such automation and hence extra time for whatever we wish to do. Automation is now turning as bane for human race as it has opened plethora of curses for us - ‘life style disorders’. Life style disorders or disorders due to sedentary way of life are taking many as lack of activity leads to various diseases. Osteoarthritis or OA is one of the such disease which is now more evident due to lack of physical activity. Osteoarthritis of knee joint is most disabling as it effects most of the daily activities we do. Pain and discomfort during activities or even at rest is mostly disabling and cost work hours. This book tries to find out what are the possible causes as well as past and present options available for help for OA knee patients. We will also guide you how to avoid OA knee if you follow simple exercises to keep it OA knee at Bay. This work will provide you theoretical and practical knowledge to deal efficiently with the menace of Osteoarthritis Knee.

Ключевые слова: Traditional Exercises, Functional Task Training, OA Knee, visual analogue scale (VAS), Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC)