A study to assess the effectiveness of Isometric Exercises in reduction of hip pain among the osteoarthritis clients at selected old age homes of Amritsar in a view to Develop and Distribute an Information Booklet

Abstract

Osteoarthritis as the most common form of arthritis, affects predominantly middle-aged and elderly population worldwide. This chronic, degenerative, progressive and multi factorial joint disease can affect different joints in the body. One of the most commonly affected joints with osteoarthritis is the hip joint. The present study objective was “to assess the effectiveness of isometric exercises in reduction of hip pain among the osteoarthritis clients” at selected old age homes of Amritsar. Research approach was used is pre -experimental research design one group pre test and post test. The target population for the study was osteoarthritis clients. The total samples under the study were 60 osteoarthritis clients. The data was collected by using Numerical Pain Rating Scale which was designed to assess the effectiveness of isometric exercises in reduction of hip pain among the osteoarthritis clients. The results were described by using descriptive and inferential statistics. Findings of pre test revealed that 6.67 i.e 6.67% of clients have worst pain, 60 i.e 60% of clients have severe pain, 28.33 i.e 28.33% of clients have moderate pain, 3.33 i.e 3.33% of clients have mild pain and 1.67 i.e1.67% of clients have no pain. Findings related to effectiveness of isometric exercises in reduction of hip pain among the osteoarthritis clients depicts that, enhancement between the pre-test and post-test was 2.0 and obtained paired t test value was 5.6, it was highly significant at level <0.05.This shows the effectiveness of isometric exercises in reduction of hip pain. Chi-square test revealed that there was statistically significant association between post test score of osteoarthritis clients with hip pain with their demographic variables.
From the result of the study, it was concluded that isometric exercises was effective in reducing hip pain among the osteoarthritis clients.