Abstract
Objective: evaluation of the results of treatment of knee osteoarthritis by physical therapy methods in thai nguyen national hospital. Subjects and methods: intervention study - controlled trial with 65 patients, who were knee osteoarthritis, are treated in Thai Nguyen National hospital. Methods: intervention study - The randomised controlled trial. Results: The age group from 50 - 59 years old accounted for the highest rate of 49,2%; followed by the age ≥ 60 years old, accounting for 35,4%. The mean age of the study subjects was 57,38 ± 6,49 years old. The proportion of women accounted for 64,6%. The mean duration of disease was 5,86 ± 2,95 years. After 30 days of treatment in the intervention group: the rate of mild pain 60%, moderate pain 22,2%, no pain 17,8% and severe pain 0%, the average overall WOMAC score decreased (26,72±9,43) compared to that of the intervention group with pre-treatment (38,16±11,79). The number of people with no limitation of movement >135 degrees was increased (from 23,1% to 43,1%) and the number of people with severe limitation of movement decreased (from 7,7% to 1,5%). Conclusion: Physical therapy methods bring good treatment effect for patients with knee osteoarthritis.