• JINAL VEKARIYA
• DIPALI KARAMATA
• SHESHNA RATHOD

Objective — To determine effectiveness of traction in knee osteoarthritis. Design— The articles were searched in Google scholar, Pubmed, Elsevier, Cochrane library by using keywords traction, knee osteoarthritis. Articles which were done during the year 2000 - 2019 were only selected. Articles were selected only if they were randomized controlled trial, includes subject with knee OA, Pain and activities of daily living were used as one of the outcome measure. Results—60 to 65 articles were searched from different database out of them 11 articles were selected for the study. Two reviewers assessed study using the PEDro scale. Data were extracted by two reviewers that includes the intervention description, inclusion/exclusion criteria, baseline data, values for all outcomes at baseline, post-intervention and follow-up. Conclusion—Our findings indicate that the intermittent mechanical traction with knee 90° flexion with traction force 1/7th of body weight and 30:10 seconds for 1 week is effective.

Knee osteoarthritis; Traction; Pain; Activities of daily living

"THE EFFECT OF TRACTION IN KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS: AN EVIDENCE BASED STUDY", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.328-331, May-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905452.pdf

"THE EFFECT OF TRACTION IN KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS: AN EVIDENCE BASED STUDY", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp328-331, May-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905452.pdf