• HELI DHANKECHA
• BHAVANA GADHAVI

Introduction: Osteoarthritis (OA) is a developing non-inflammatory disease of the movable joints. the knee is most common site for osteoarthritis. Retro walking is one kind of backward walking. The aim of this research was to see how Retro- Walking worked in combination with conventional physiotherapy on walking ability and stairs climbing activity compared to Forward-walking along with conventional physiotherapy on walking ability and stairs climbing on patient with OA knee joint. Methodology: After assessing inclusion and excluded criteria, total 20 subjects aged between 40-60 were taken for the study. They were randomly divided into two groups. Group A(N=10) received Retro-Walking plus conventional physiotherapy program and Group B(N=10) received Forward-walking along with conventional physiotherapy program only for twice a day 3 days/week for 3 weeks. Walking ability assessed by Six Min. Walk Test and stair climbing activity were assessed by Time Stair Climbing Test. The data was analysed using paired and unpaired t tests. Result: The result of this present study showed that, MEAN and SD value difference for 6 min. walk test of Group A and Group B was were 5.3±2.1 and 19.9±4.79 respectively while MEAN and SD value difference for Time Stair Climbing Test of Group A and Group B was 5.5±2.27 and 16.9±3.34 respectively. So in Group B there is statistically highly significance founded compare to Group A for both Outcome. Significance was assessed at 5% level that is p<0.05(2-tailed hypothesis test was considered) Conclusion: The present study concluded that a Retro-Walking along with conventional physiotherapy program is more effective to improve walking ability and stair climbing over Forward-walking along with convention physiotherapy program.

Retro-Walking, Forward-walking, Osteoarthritis, Time Stair Climbing Test, 6 Min. Walk Test

"EFFECT OF RETRO-WALKING VERSUS FORWARD WALKING ON WALKING ABILITY AND STAIRS CLIMBING ON SUBJECTS WITH OSTEOARTHRITIS OF KNEE JOINT: A RANDOMIZED CLINICAL STUDY", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 5, page no.g470-g480, May-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2105863.pdf

"EFFECT OF RETRO-WALKING VERSUS FORWARD WALKING ON WALKING ABILITY AND STAIRS CLIMBING ON SUBJECTS WITH OSTEOARTHRITIS OF KNEE JOINT: A RANDOMIZED CLINICAL STUDY", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 5, page no. ppg470-g480, May-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2105863.pdf