Evaluation of the effectiveness of combined kinetic chain exercises in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis of peri menopausal and post menopausal women

Abstract

Osteoarthritis (OA)is more prevalent in women than men.Physiotherapists play a newlinecritical role in the conservative treatment of knee OA.Although conservative treatment of newlineknee joint OA has been probed into in a number of research studies, stillthere is no newlineconsensus on the most suitable management strategy. The precariousness regarding newlineeffectiveness of many treatment approaches and techniques eventually makes it a newlinechallengefor physiotherapists and patients to make decisions regarding rehabilitation. The newlineintention of this thesis work was to address this issue with and to fulfill manifold newlineassociated gap in the literature. newline