• Sujatha Dinesh
• Bhagyashree Salgar
• Pooja Gopal

Background: Osteoarthritis is the most common joint disorder associated with an increasing socioeconomic impact owing to the ageing population. Hydrotherapy and mud therapy are the commonly used treatment modalities in the management of pain in Naturopathy. Hence this study is done to compare the effectiveness of hot mud pack and revulsive compress in the management of knee osteoarthritis. Materials and methods: In this randomized comparative study, 60 subjects with knee osteoarthritis were randomly allocated into two groups. Group 1 received hot mud pack to knees for 30 minutes for 10 consecutive days and group 2 received revulsive compress for 30 minutes in 10 consecutive days. All subjects were assessed for VAS and WOMAC scores day 10. Results: The results showed a 27.67 % reduction in pain (VAS p=0.0001) and WOMAC (20.27% p=0.0001) scores in hot mud pack group. 9.57% reduction in pain (VAS p= 0.0004) and WOMAC (13.53% p=0.0001) scores in revulsive compress group. Comparative analysis of two groups using unpaired t-test has shown a 16.7% better reduction in pain (VAS p=0.0001) in mud pack group when compared to revulsive group. However, there was no significant difference in the reduction of WOMAC scores (p= 0.06) in two groups. Conclusion: Both hot mud pack and revulsive compress reduces the pain and improves the functional capacity in knee osteoarthritis patients. Hot mud pack is relatively a better treatment modality in reducing the knee pain in osteoarthritis condition.

Mud therapy, Revulsive compress, VAS, WOMAC, Osteoarthritis.

"EFFECT OF HOT MUD APPLICATION AND REVULSIVE COMPRESS IN KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.447-452, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907F60.pdf

"EFFECT OF HOT MUD APPLICATION AND REVULSIVE COMPRESS IN KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp447-452, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1907F60.pdf