Influence of elastic bandage on knee pain, proprioception, and postural sway in subjects with knee osteoarthritis

• Published in: Annals of the rheumatic diseases Vol. 61; no. 1; pp. 24 - 28
• Main Authors: Hassan, B S, Mockett, S, Doherty, M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and European League Against Rheumatism 01.01.2002; BMJ; BMJ Publishing Group Ltd; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Balance Performance Monitor; Bandages; Bandages and bandaging; Biological and medical sciences; BPM; Care and treatment; Confidence Intervals; Cross-Over Studies; Diseases of the osteoarticular system. Orthopedic treatment; elastic bandage; Extended Report; Female; Humans; Knee; L-bandage; looser bandage; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Normal Distribution; Osteoarthritis; Osteoarthritis, Knee - complications; Osteoarthritis, Knee - therapy; Pain - etiology; Pain Management; Pain Measurement; Physiology; postural sway; Posture; Proprioception; Radiotherapy. Instrumental treatment. Physiotherapy. Reeducation. Rehabilitation, orthophony, crenotherapy. Diet therapy and various other treatments (general aspects); S-bandage; standard bandage; Statistics, Nonparametric; Studies; Treatment Outcome; VAS; visual analogue scale; Western Ontario and McMaster Universities (OA Index); WOMAC; United Kingdom; Knee; Human; Proprioception; Orthopedic treatment; Treatment efficiency; Diseases of the osteoarticular system; Lower limb; Knee disease; Pain; Treatment; Elastic bandage; Arthropathy; Degenerative disease; Osteoarthritis; Comparative study; Technical equipment

Objectives: To investigate whether a “standard” sized (that is, a size that would be prescribed by a physiotherapist) elastic bandage (S-bandage) around the knee of subjects with knee osteoarthritis (OA) would, in the short term (a) reduce pain, (b) improve knee joint proprioception, and (c) decreas...