Effects of muscle energy technique along conventional physical therapy after mesenchymal stem cell transplantation in knee osteoarthritis patients
Fanila Ashraf, Kinza Anwar, Hafsah Arshad · 2024
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Fanila Ashraf, Kinza Anwar, and Hafsah Arshad ran a 2024 trial on whether a hands on therapy adds to standard physical therapy after stem cell transplant for knee arthritis. Patients at a clinic in Islamabad, Pakistan, were split into two groups. Both got conventional therapy, while one group also got muscle energy technique, a gentle method where patients contract muscles against resistance. Sessions ran three times a week for two weeks.
Pain, function, and knee bend were measured over a month of follow up. Both groups improved significantly on pain, function scores, and range of motion. The added technique group did better on pain and function scores between the groups. The authors conclude that both routes work, but adding muscle energy technique gave a marked extra gain in pain and knee flexion for these patients after cell transplant.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Fanila Ashraf, Kinza Anwar, Hafsah Arshad |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 23 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |