Application of self management mode in exercise therapy of knee osteoarthritis patients
Ye Xiumin
Xu Jiaj ia
Abstract：Objective:To probe into the application of self management mode in exercise therapy of knee osteo-arthritis patients.Methods:A total of 62 knee osteoarthritis patients were randomly divided into control group and observation group,3 1 cases in each.The patients in control group received the routine health education, while the patients in observation group received intervention by applying self management mode,then to com-pare the patients’exercise compliance and Xi’an Western Ontario and McMaster University Osteoarthritis In-dex (WOMAC)score between both groups before treatment and after 6 months of treatment.Results:There was no statistically significant difference in the indicators between both groups before intervention;the patients’ exercise compliance in observation group was significantly higher than that in control group (P<0.05),after 6 months of treatment,the patients’knee WOMAC score in observation group was significantly lower than that in control group (P<0.05).Conclusion:The self management mode can eliminate the knee osteoarthritis pa-tients’misunderstanding of exercise therapy,improve the patients’exercise compliance and promote the reha-bilitation of knee j oint function in a certain extent.
Keywords：knee osteoarthritisself management modecompliance
Publication Date：2015-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 413-415 )