The effectiveness of adjunct cryotherapy along with an exercise on somatic symptoms in patients with knee osteoarthritis – a randomized controlled trial

Hawar Abdulrazaq MohammedSadiq; Deldar Abdulah

doi:10.5114/pm.2023.132905

eISSN: 2081-2833
ISSN: 2081-0016

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The effectiveness of adjunct cryotherapy along with an exercise on somatic symptoms in patients with knee osteoarthritis – a randomized controlled trial

Hawar Abdulrazaq MohammedSadiq

¹

,

Deldar Morad Abdulah

¹

College of Nursing, University of Duhok, Kurdistan Region, Iraq

Medycyna Paliatywna 2023; 15(3): 155–163

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/pm.2023.132905

Data publikacji online: 2023/11/16

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Introduction
Knee osteoarthritis (KOA) is a common joint condition associated with aging, leading to pain, functional limitations, disability, and reduced quality of life. This clinical randomized controlled trial aimed to investigate the effectiveness of a cryotherapy intervention in combination with a home-based conventional exercise (HBE) program in reducing somatic symptoms in patients with KOA.

Material and methods
Patients diagnosed with KOA were randomly assigned to 2 groups: an experimental group (n = 16) receiving HBE with cryotherapy and a control group (n = 15) receiving HBE alone for 2 months.

Results
The results showed that patients in the HBE with cryotherapy group had significantly lower scores on somatic symptoms (SDS) compared to those in the HBE group (2.00 vs. 4.53; mean difference: –2.53, 95% CI: –4.50 to –0.57) with a large effect size (Cohen’s d: 0.94). Additionally, both the HBE and HBE with cryotherapy groups exhibited a significant decrease in SDS scores, 20.87–4.53 and 18.75–2.00, respectively (p < 0.001).

Conclusions
This study showed that combining HBE with cryotherapy is an effective approach for improving somatic symptoms in patients with KOA.

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The effectiveness of adjunct cryotherapy along with an exercise on somatic symptoms in patients with knee osteoarthritis – a randomized controlled trial

Hawar Abdulrazaq MohammedSadiq 1 , Deldar Morad Abdulah 1

Hawar Abdulrazaq MohammedSadiq

¹

,

Deldar Morad Abdulah

¹