A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Isometric Exercises on Level of Knee Joint Pain among Elderly in selected old age homes at Bangalore

INTRODUCTION: Ageing is a multidimensional process which causes changes in one’s physical, psychological and social life, that decline the functional capacity of the person which reduces the life span. Aging is not a definite biological stage as the chronological age varies culturally and historically. Knee and low back pain are the most frequent complains among the elderly population Knee pain is more common than back pain. Most of the elderly are troubled by knee joint pain that has a major effect on their quality of life. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM: A study to assess the effectiveness of isometric exercises on level of knee joint pain among elderly in selected old age homes at Bangalore. OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY: 1. To assess the pre-test and post-test level of knee joint pain among elderly in experimental and control group. 2. To assess the effectiveness of isometric exercises on level of knee joint pain among elderly in experimental group. 3. To determine the association between the level of knee joint pain among elderly with selected demographic variables in experimental group and control group. DESIGN: A Quasi Experimental Pre-test, Post test with control group Design was used. PARTICIPANTS: The sample consist of 60 elderly with knee joint pain selected from to old age home by using convenient sampling technique. TOOL: The date collection was using standardized numerical pain scale. INTERVENTION: Isometric exercise was given to experimental group. The control group did not received any intervention. RESULT: The collected data were analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistical methods. Paired ‘t’ test was used to evaluate the effectiveness of isometric exercise on level of knee joint pain among elderly. The obtained ‘t’ value 16.4 was statistically significant at p < 0.05 level. The mean post-test knee joint pain score was lower than mean pre-test knee joint pain score which proved that there was a significant reduction in the level of pain among elderly due to isometric exercise. CONCLUSION: The study finding concluded that isometric exercises are effective in reducing the knee joint pain among elderly