Study population
knee joints
DEGENERATIVE CHANGE
The study involved 32 people in total, divided into two groups. The sample size was determined by performing a priori power analysis. 16 patients were included in the treatment group. The control group also included 16 people. The age of those included in the study ranged from 42 to 79 years (mean 64.28 years), their mean body weight was 82.18 kg, and their body height was 1.62 m. Advanced degenerative changes of the knee joints of the grade II were diagnosed in the patients included in the study based on the Kellgren-Lawrence scale [