Immediate Effects of Manual Therapy Versus TENS in Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis

"In manual therapy group will be assigned a protocol with manual passive stretching for the quadriceps muscles, hamstrings, triceps surae, adductors and abductors of the hip; myofascial release peripatellar; joint mobilization grades 1 and 2 for tibiofemoral joint and femoro - patellar in the affected knee.~Stretching, myofascial release and mobilizations will be held for 30 seconds, with three repetitions of each. The intervention will be applied only once."

In TENS group will be applied to continuous current mode, frequency 100Hz and pulse width of 50μs for 40 minutes in a single application. The intensity will be defined by the patient, should the stimulus be considered intense, but pleasant to it.