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Flexibility of Knee Joint Muscles in Women with Knee Osteoarthritis and Healthy Controls
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نویسنده
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Abolahrari Shirazi Sara ,Ghafari Nezhad Farahnaz ,Ebrahimian Maryam ,Nouraddini Elham ,Mansoorian Azadeh ,Emami Farahnaz
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منبع
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journal of rehabilitation sciences and research - 2015 - دوره : 2 - شماره : 3 - صفحه:47 -52
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چکیده
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Background: osteoarthritis is one of the most common diseases in synovial joints. due to high loading forces during weight-bearing activities, the knee joint is prone to degenerative processes. this study aimed to compare the flexibility of muscles around the knee joint in patients with knee osteoarthritis with those of healthy individuals. methods: twenty-three women with bilateral knee osteoarthritis and 23 healthy women matched with the patient group for age, height and weight participated in this study. flexibility of the quadriceps, hamstring, iliotibial band, adductor and gastrocnemius muscles was evaluated with a goniometric device. pain intensity was assessed with a visual analogue scale. the data were analyzed with independent t-tests to compare the two groups, and pearson correlation coefficient was calculated to correlate muscle flexibility and pain intensity. results: significant lower flexibility of the bilateral quadriceps muscles was found in patients compared to healthy women (p<0.05). no significant differences were detected between groups regarding other muscles. quadriceps flexibility correlated significantly with pain intensity in patients (p<0.001). conclusion: in patients with osteoarthritis, quadriceps flexibility may be decreased although other muscles may remain unaffected. quadriceps stretching is thus a potentially important component of treatment, which may influence pain reduction in these patients.
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کلیدواژه
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Osteoarthritis ,Range of motion ,Knee pain
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آدرس
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shiraz university of medical sciences, Center for Human Motion Science Research, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Department of Physiotherapy, ایران, shiraz university of medical sciences, Center for Human Motion Science Research, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Department of Physiotherapy, ایران, shiraz university of medical sciences, Center for Human Motion Science Research, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Department of Physiotherapy, ایران, shiraz university of medical sciences, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Student Research Committee, ایران, shiraz university of medical sciences, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Student Research Committee, ایران, shiraz university of medical sciences, Center for Human Motion Science Research, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Department of Physiotherapy, ایران
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