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Effect of TENS in Management of Knee Osteoarthritis–A Systematic Review - Background: Osteoarthritis is a major cause of musculoskeletal disability. Nonpharmacological and nonsurgical treatment is preferred for the management of knee osteoarthritis (OA). However, evidences are lacking regarding the effectiveness of multimodal physiotherapy program including, combination of various physical modalities (TENS, IR, US etc.) with therapeutic exercises, for the management of knee OA. Objectives: To determine recent research evidences for the effectiveness of TENS interventions for treatment of knee OA patients. Methods: This systematic review mainly includes randomized controlled trails. Searching done by Google Scholar, PubMed and PEDro from 2010 to 2019. We used terms like-knee pain, OA, TENS, and physiotherapy management. Results: Present outcomes shows that TENS intervention is effective technique in reducing pain in patients with Knee OA without adverse effects. After implementing the inclusion and exclusion criteria, 50 articles were retrieved using the keywords, but only 05 articles were selected for the study. Conclusion: Electrotherapy modalities in conjunction with exercise therapy program designed for treating knee OA patients proved to be more superior to exercise alone at improving quadriceps muscle activation by reducing pain and increasing function during exercise. Keywords: Electrotherapy, exercise, knee osteoarthritis, physiotherapy.
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