Objective: The study aim to establish the effect of single-session Kinesio Taping (KT) application upon function, pain, and dynamic balance in older women with knee osteoarthritis (OA).
 Materials Methods: Thirty-women unilateral (OA) were included. A KT intervention was applied quadriceps-femoris hamstrings muscles. All assessments performed three times, before taping, 30 minutes 48 hours...

Proximal tibial valgus osteotomy is one of the treatment options for painful medial compartment osteoarthritis and varus deformity knee. The aim our study was to determine quantify how much altered symptoms from gonoarthrosis. In addition we aimed establish whether Tomofix plating system would permit early weight bearing achieve union without use bone grafts. We prospectively analysed experienc...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the clinical effects of intraarticular platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injections in a small group of patients with primary and secondary osteoarthritis. Most of the current treatments for osteoarthritis are palliative and attack the symptoms rather than influencing the biochemical environment of the joint. Autologous platelet-rich plasma has emerged as a treatment option for t...

Purpose: Total Knee Replacement (TKR) is the treatment of choice for severe osteoarthritis with acceptable outcomes regarding pain management, function and quality of life enhancement. Because many patients require TKR procedure for their both knees, there has always been a challenge in the choice of simultaneous or consecutive operations. The aim of the present study was to compare the t...

Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate the corrective effect Oxford phase 3 medial unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) on lower extremity axis, tibiofemoral subluxation and lateral joint distance.
 Materials Methods: included 105 knees that had undergone UKA. Knee Score, EQ-5D-3LD visual analog scale, injury Osteoarthritis Outcome Score were evaluated. Radiological evaluati...

PURPOSE To assess the effect of hyaluronic acid instillation after arthroscopic anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction for improving pain, range of movement, and function of the knee. METHODS 28 men and 4 women underwent arthroscopic ACL reconstruction for isolated ACL rupture (partial or complete) and instability after recreational sports injury 2 to 120 months earlier. They were ra...

Background: Osteoarthritis is a common chronic disease of the musculoskeletal system in older adults. Aim: This study aimed to compare the effects of in-person and distance exercise training on the outcomes of knee injury and osteoarthritis among the elderly with limited literacy. Method: In this two-group randomized clinical trial with a pretest-posttest design, 60 elderly patients with knee i...

Background: The Oxford Knee Score (OKS) is a short patient-reported outcome instrument that measures pain and physical activity related to knee osteoarthritis. The purpose of this study is to evaluate, construct validity and consistent reliability of the Persian version of the OKS.Methods: The case series consisted of 80 patients who were clinically diagnosed with having knee osteoarthritis. Al...