Effect of NMES as an Add-On to Exercise Program in Degenerative Meniscus Tears

"An 8-week exercise program used in conservative treatment of degenerative meniscus tears will be performed.~The patients will do exercises under the control of the physiotherapist in the clinic.~The patient will perform the exercises with the verbal and visual commands of the physiotherapist."

The Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation (NMES) will be applied for 20 minutes. The patient will be seated with hips and knees flexed at 90°. Electrodes will be placed on the proximal and distal ends of the vastus medialis obliquus and vastus lateralis muscles. The intensity will be increased as much as the patient can tolerate, and the patient will be asked to relax and not make voluntary muscle contractions.