Case Report
Year: 2021 | Month: April-June | Volume: 6 | Issue: 2 | Pages: 139-146
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijshr.20210425
Blood Flow Restriction Combined with Kinaesthesia, Balance Training for Osteoarthritis Knee: A Rare Case Report
Tanya Gujral1, Abhishek Lachyan2
1School of Health Sciences, Department of Public Health, Noida International University, Delhi NCR.
2Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University Malaya, KualaLumpur, Malaysia
Corresponding Author: Tanya Gujral
ABSTRACT
Background: Osteoarthritis knee is a prevalent condition and comprises 50% of all musculoskeletal disorders according to WHO. Therefore there is a need to bring about adjunct exercise protocols in the field of rehabilitation to bring faster recovery even in elderly with low loads.
Case Presentation: A patient, a 70-year-old female presented with complain of pain in the bilateral knee. Her problem list included crepitus, reduced knee range of motion with decreased strength, swelling, bony tenderness, morning stiffness which was managed by Blood flow restriction training (BFR) along with Kinaesthesia, Balance Training (KB). Until now in the literature, nothing has been found about the combination of these two approaches. Also, the pressure utilized in the past was too high for the geriatric population.
Conclusion: The results showed decrease knee pain, improved balance, hypertrophy, and increase range of motion.
Keywords: Blood flow restriction, proprioception, osteoarthritis knee, pressure, case report.