| The effect of home exercise with virtual education on the quality of life of women with knee osteoarthritis during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| Paper ID : 1262-SSRC-13TH |
| Authors |
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Farzaneh Elmi Anvari *1, Azar Aghayari2 1University of Payame-Noor, Tehran, Iran 2Associate Professor in Corrective exercise and sports injuries, University of Payame-noor, tehran, Iran |
| Abstract |
| Background: The advent of coronavirus and tips for staying home have had a negative effect on the physical activity of people with osteoarthritis of the knee due to insufficient mobility and overweight, reducing their quality of life. Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of home exercise with virtual education on the quality of life of women with knee osteoarthritis during COVID-19 pandemic. Methodology: This study is a semi-experimental with a pre-test,post-test design. Among 786 inactive female students in area one of Payame-Noor University with an age range of 35 to 50 years who have grade 2 and 3 knee osteoarthritis and have inclusion criteria, (Includes having chronic knee pain, no history of surgery or trauma, not receiving physiotherapy services during the last 3 months, not taking oral and injectable anti-inflammatory drugs, body mass index 25 to 30). There were selected 30 individuals as a sample by purposive method and randomly divided into two groups of 15 experimental and control. To measure the dimensions of quality of life, Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) questionnaires, quality of life assessment (SF-36), Timed get up & go, 6 minutes walk test and 30 seconds sitting and taking tests were used. The experimental group performed 16 sessions, 3 days a week and each session lasted 45-60 minutes of exercises. The training was sent in WhatsApp to people via the Internet by sending videos, photos and spoken and written explanations. After the training, each person made a video of their exercises and sent it to the researcher. Training, monitoring and control were performed through Virtual space. Analysis of covariance was used to check the results, at a significance level of (P≤0/05). Results: The results showed that changes in the quality of life dimensions of the experimental group had a statistically significant effect (P = 0.001). Conclusion: According to the results of this study, due to the safety and cost-effectiveness of exercises at home during this period, doing exercises at home with virtual training can be useful to increase the quality of life of women with knee osteoarthritis. |
| Keywords |
| Knee Osteoarthritis, COVID-19, Home-based exercise, Virtual |
| Status: Abstract Accepted (Oral Presentation) |
