Effectiveness of osteopathic positional release and stretch of popliteal muscle in reducing pain and improving knee function, range of motion and lower extremity function in elderly knee osteoarthritis patients
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2025
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UMT, Lahore
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This study is a randomized control trial conducted to test the hypothesis that osteopathic positional release is effective for the managing of symptoms for knee osteoarthritis in elderly patients. This should lead to an improvement in pain intensity, flexion, extension, mobility and overall knee function. A randomized control setup for the experiment has been established and 28 participants are selected. They are selected on the basis that they are all within the age range of 50-65 years and all have grade 2 or 3 knee osteoarthritis. Participants were divided into two groups control and experimental group in a clinical setting. After experiment was done for a time interval of 4 weeks the difference in results for all the participants was observed, which showed an increase in all these markers of performance in both groups mentioned. However, the experimental group showed a greater degree of improvement in all the mentioned parameters under study compared to the control group as they were the group offered osteopathic positional release and stretch of their popliteal muscle. This result clearly suggests that the hypothesis tested in this experiment does indeed hold some veracity and hence this technique is somewhat beneficial for the mitigation of knee osteoarthritis symptoms in elderly people.