Rajeshwaramani S*, Y Ashraf and Mahesh R

Department of Physiotherapy, PSG College of Physiotherapy, India

*Corresponding Author: Rajeshwaramani S, Department of Physiotherapy, PSG College of Physiotherapy, India

Received: January 23, 2025; Published: April 28, 2025

Abstract

Introduction: Knee osteoarthritis is the most common form of osteoarthritis. It is the most prevalent and leading cause of pain and activity limitation worldwide. Task – Specific training in rehabilitation improves task performance through goal directed practice using a specific task as medium. Patients are taught to perform a problematic or painful task under varying practice conditions. Practice is the main tool in which motor learning is relied upon. Practice refers to doing a movement repeatedly. Practice is the most important part in learning a motor skill. Some types of practice for motor learning are Part practice, Whole practice, Blocked practice, Random practice. This study is to find the effects of random practice and blocked practice of task oriented exercises on pain and functional activities in subjects with knee osteoarthritis.

Objectives: To compare the effectiveness of Random practice and Blocked practice of Task – oriented exercise on pain and functional activity in subjects with knee osteoarthritis.

Methods: In this Experimental – Pre and Post-test comparative design study. 8 patients with knee osteoarthritis were obtained from Department of Orthopaedics and Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, based on criteriz. The informed consent was obtained from them. They were randomly allocated into two groups by simple random sampling using computer generated random table. Random practice of task oriented exercise was given to one group and Blocked practice of task oriented exercise was given to another group for 3 weeks. After the treatment post-tests were done using the same measurement tools. The data was collected and statistical analysis was done.

Result: The result shows that Pain and Functional activity was not statistically significant between Random practice group and Blocked practice group, p > 0.05.

Conclusion: Based on the statistical analysis, this study shows that there is a significant reduction on pain and improvement in functional activity within the group. But there is no significant difference between Random practice and Blocked practice of Task- oriented exercise on pain and functional activity in subjects with knee osteoarthritis

Keywords: Osteoarthritis; Exercise

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Citation

Citation: Rajeshwaramani S., et al. “Comparing the Effectiveness of Random Practice and Blocked Practice of Task – Oriented Exercise on Pain and Functional Activity in Subjects with Knee Osteoarthritis".Acta Scientific Orthopaedics 8.5 (2025): 65-76.

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