Foot reflexology applied with black seed oil and the effect of knee massage on pain and fati̇gue symptoms in the elder with knee osteoartitis

In this study, it was aimed to examine the effect of foot reflexology and knee massage applied with black seed extract oil on pain and fatigue symptoms in elderly individuals with knee osteoarthritis (OA) and to investigate which of these two applications is more effective. The study planned as a randomized controlled experimental study consists of 150 participants in total. The data consist of participants over 65 years of age who received outpatient treatment in a Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Unit at a university hospital, and who had no perception problems after the Mini Mental Test. After randomization, participants were divided into five groups, with 30 participants in each group. Groups; 1) Placebo Reflexology, 2) Reflexology with Vaseline, 3) Knee Massage with Black Seed, 4) Placebo Knee Massage 5) Control groups. Participants were given "Patient Information Form", "Kellgren and Lawrence", "Pain-Visual Analogue Scale (P-VAS)", "Fatigue Severity Scale and" WOMAC. " On the other hand, the control group was enabled to continue routine treatment and care without any intervention. If it consists of groups and is normally distributed, the Independent Sample t test from the parametric tests or the Mann Whitney U test from the non-parametric tests was used if the data is not normally distributed, but if it consists of three or more groups, ANOVA or Kruskal Wallis tests were used. It was determined that foot reflexology and knee massage performed with black seed oil in OA patients decreased the severity of pain and fatigue compared to the group applied without using oil.