Purpose: Because patients with knee osteoarthritis who want to treat themselves to a non-invasive method introduced, the aim of this study was to examine Effect the foot to reduce discomfort Reflexology and morning stiffness of the knee. Methodology: In this study, experimental and applied on 30 patients with knee OA diagnosed by specialists, and the mean age 3 ± 57 years and BMI between 25-30 was the score. The subjects were randomly divided into two experimental and control groups of 15 subjects were classified. Knee Pain and stiffness in the pre-test and post-test were measured using the KOOS index. Reflexology protocol during 20 30-minute sessions (4 to 5 times a week) was administered to the subjects. The control group did not receive any treatment at this time. To analyze the data and test the hypothesis, the descriptive statistics and paired t-test, t is related to the particular method used. Results: The results of the study, the effects of foot reflexology on reducing pain and morning stiffness caused by osteoarthritis of the knee at the level of significance (p <0/05) confirmed a significant difference between using pain and morning stiffness KOOS scores from the experimental group before and after foot reflexology showed (p <0/05). Conclusions: Reflexology foot can be used as a way to reduce joint pain and morning stiffness, effective.

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