Laser Therapy on Chronic Knee Joint Osteoarthritis Patients PATIENTS

"Laser therapy is performed on patients in supine lying position. Treatments will be delivered with a diode laser (wavelength 830 nm, continuous wave, power 50 mW) in skin contact at a dose of 6 J/point. Treatment times per point are in the range of 30 seconds to 1 minute. eight points were irradiated per session.~Conventional therapy will include:~* TENS for 15 minutes~* Hot pack for 15 minutes~* Hamstrings muscle stretching and calf muscle stretching. Strengthening exercises ,straight leg raising exercise in crook lying position~* Joint mobilizations"

"1\. Participants of this group will receive only conventional therapy which will include;~* TENS for 15 minutes~* Hot pack for 15 minutes~* Hamstrings muscle stretching and calf muscle stretching.Each stretch was sustained for 30 seconds, with 10-second rest intervals.~* Strengthening exercises include quadricep drills(full knee extension maintained for 5 seconds, followed by a 5-second rest) 20 repetitions per session,straight leg raising exercise in crook lying position(the patients were asked to tense the quadriceps muscle, elevate the limb to 45° and maintain it for 6 seconds, and lower the limb slowly and then relax for 6 seconds; the exercise was performed for three sets of 10 repetitions per session).~* Joint mobilizations (tibiofemoral extension and flexion; patellofemoral medial-lateral and inferior glide)."