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Introduction and purpose: Knee arthritis is a knee joint cartilage disease that causes changes in people's physical and mental performance. The purpose of this study was to compare the effect of corrective exercises and electrical muscle stimulation on motor and mental performance of middle-aged women with knee pain.
Method: The current research was semi-experimental and pre-test and post-test. The statistical population of the present study included all women aged 50-60 years with knee osteoarthritis pain in Isfahan city who referred to Isfahan sports medicine clinic. A number of 30 people from the community were purposefully selected and randomly placed in two groups of corrective exercises (15 people) and electric movement exercises (15). Each group did their own exercises for eight weeks, three sessions each week, and each session lasted 60 minutes. Before and after the exercise period in the pre-test and post-test, pain, quality of life, ability, strength and deep sensation in the knee of the patients respectively using the visual pain scale (VAS), 36-SF questionnaire, Y spot and balance test, and the device Biodex isokinetic was measured. In order to analyze the data, the statistical test of the combined mean test was used at a significant level (P<0.05).
Findings:The results of intra-group findings showed that there is a difference in the scores of variables of strength, balance, knee joint proprioception, pain and quality of life in the pre-test and post-test groups (P<0.05). Also, the results showed the inter-group findings that there is a difference between the pre-test and the post-test in both groups (P<0.05). Test of quadriceps muscle strength (50-60), hamstring muscle strength (50-60), static balance (50-60), dynamic balance (50-60), proprioception (50-60), pain (50-60). and the quality of life (50-60) was also observed in the patients of the muscle electrical stimulation group, there was also a significant difference between the pre-test and the post-test in the strength of quadriceps muscles (50-60), hamstring muscle strength (50-60), static balance ( 50-60), dynamic balance (50-60), proprioception (50-60), pain (50-60) and quality of life (50-60) were observed and both training programs were effective in the groups, but Exercises in the corrective group were more effective on pain variables, quality of life, balance, strength and proprioception of the knee joint than in the muscle electrical stimulation group.
Conclusion: Corrective exercise program for improving pain factors, quality of life, ability, strength and effective sense of knee proprioception in female patients with knee arthrosis was followed by an 8-week exercise program from the muscle movement group.
