This randomized controlled trial aims to investigate the efficacy of the video-based exercise programs in patients with degenerative meniscus tears.
Who can participate
Age range40 Years – 65 Years
SexALL
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Inclusion Criteria:
* Being aged between 40 and 65 years
* Having the degenerative meniscus tear in at least one knee
* Having body mass index in the range of 18-30 kg/m2
* Feeling the pain that lasts for at least 2 months
* Having grade 1 or grade 2 degenerative meniscal tear diagnosed by an orthopedic specialist according to the MRI results
* Having the activity level is between 1 and 5 according to the Tegner Activity Scale
* Having access to the internet via a computer or smartphone
* Having the ability to read and write Turkish
Exclusion Criteria:
* Having undergone arthroscopic partial meniscectomy surgery due to degenerative meniscal tear
* Participating in a physiotherapy program for degenerative meniscal tear in the last 12 weeks
* Have received steroid injections in the last 6 months
* Accompanying conditions such as injury to the surrounding ligaments, congenital anomaly in the affected knee, coxarthrosis and spinal stenosis
* Presence of any systemic disorder that may affect assessment parameters
* Failure to cooperate with assessments
* Any vision or hearing problem that would prevent them from adapting to the assessment
What they're measuring
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Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS)