Health Behavior Improvement Programme Leads to an Increase in the Knee Scores in OA Knees

Abstract

This is a retrospective study aims to investigate the knee score following a health behavior improvement programme in osteoarthritis knee (OA Knee). Forty patients with OA knee were divided into 2 groups, 20 patients each. The first group (or the study group) received a health behavior improvement programme whereas the second group (the control group) received only routine advice in the outpatient room. Knee score, weight and BMI were recorded at 1st, 3rd and 8th months. It was found that after 8 months, 15 cases of group 1 and 11 cases of group 2 had improved knee scores (p>0.05). Patients with BMI > 25kg/m2 in group 1 showed more improvement in the knee score compares to group 2, 86% (6 out of 7 cases) and 67% (4 out of 6 cases) respectively (p>0.05). Thigh muscle mass reduction in group 2 did not correlate with the side of OA knee in 5 of 12 cases. In conclusion, health behavior programme seemed to improve the knee score, but with no statistical significance compared to the control.