The Effect of Hydrotherapy Exercise on Pain Intensity and Functional Ability in Genu Osteoarthritis Patients
Background: Genu osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common arthritis disease caused bya degenerative joint process that causes knee pain and functional disorders. One of therecommended therapies for the treatment of OA genu from several studies ishydrotherapy exercises. Hydrotherapy exercises can reduce pain and improve thepatient's quality of life. This study aims to determine the effect of hydrotherapyexercises on pain intensity and functional ability in OA genu patients. Methods: Thisstudy is a quasi-experimental study with a one group pretest-posttest design conductedby the Medical Rehabilitation Installation of dr. Mohammad Hoesin Palembang duringthe month of October-November 2019. Primary data was collected using interviews toassess pain intensity based on the Numerical Paon Rating Scale (NPRS) score andfunctional ability based on the WOMAC (Western Ontario and McMaster UniversitiesOsteoarthritis Index) questionnaire before and after training. hydrotherapy for 4 weeksfor one therapy a week. The data was carried out by the Shapiro-Wilk normality test,then analyzed using the paired T-test or Wilcoxon test using the SPSS tool. Results: Asmany as 31 study subjects, the results showed that there was a significant effect beforeand after hydrotherapy exercises on reducing pain intensity (p = 0.000) and improvingfunctional ability (p = 0.000) in patients with OA genu for 4 weeks. Conclusion: Thereis an effect of hydrotherapy exercise on pain intensity and functional ability in genuosteroarthritis (OA) patients..