A STUDY TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ISOMETRIC EXERCISE ON LEVEL OF KNEE JOINT PAIN AMONG ELDERLY IN SELECTED OLD AGE HOME AT BANGALORE

Background: Keeping oneself healthy and active with ageing is one of the most significant aspects of life. Aging comes with diseases, mostly related to musculoskeletal, knee joint pain is more common is old age. Isometric exercise is those exercise which help in strengthens the muscles. Objectives: To assess was to assess the pre-test and post-test level of knee joint among elderly in experimental and control group To assess the effectiveness of isometric exercise on level of knee joint pain among elderly in experimental group. To associate the level of pain with demographic variables elderly with knee joint pain in experimental group and control group. Materials and Methods: Quantitative research approach was used in this study. A Quasi experimental pre-test post-test design with control group was adopted and non-randomized purposive sampling technique was used to select the study subjects. The sample size was 60 and divided into two groups, among them 30 were in experimental group and 30 were in control group. Pain was assessed by using Numerical pain Scale for both experimental and control group. Results: The collected data were analysed 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: knee joint pain being one of the symptoms of a variety of diseases and disorders in the world today, especially in elderly population. The study results concluded that the isometric exercise was effective in reducing the level of knee joint pain among elderly.

Keywords: Assess, Effectiveness, isometric exercise, knee joint pain Elderly, Old Age Home.