Ebere Yvonne Ihegihu

Efficacy of Quadriceps Muscle Strengthening Exercises and Infrared Radiation Therapy in the Management of Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis in a South- Eastern Nigerian Population: A Randomised Clinical Study

Ebere Yvonne Ihegihu, Chima Collins Ihegihu, Egwuonwu Afamefuna Victor, Okonkwo Uchenna Prosper & Ativie Rita Nkechi · Asian Journal of Research in Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences · 2018

Background: Quadriceps strengthening exercises and infrared radiation therapy had been shown to be effective in improving pain, function and quality of life in subjects with knee osteoarthritis (OA). The aim of this study was to determine the efficacy of these modalities of treat...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJRIMPS/2018/43999

A Randomized Placebo Controlled Study to Determine the Efficacy of Oral Diclofenac Sodium in the Treatment of Symptomatic Osteoarthritis of the Knee in Nnewi, South Eastern Nigeria

Chima Collins Ihegihu, Ebere Yvonne Ihegihu, Afamefuna Victor Egwuownu & Joseph Onuwa Umunnah · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2018

Background: Diclofenac sodium is a non-selective non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) that is widely used therapeutically for its analgesic and anti-inflammatory properties in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis (KOA) but no scientific study has been carried out at Nnewi...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJMAH/2018/40535

Availability and Utilization of Personal Protective Equipment by Nigerian Physiotherapists during COVID-19 Pandemic

Uchenna Prosper Okonkwo, Joseph Onuwa Umunnah, Ebere Yvonne Ihegihu, Fatai Adesina Maruf, Emmanuel Chiebuka Okoye, Chukwuebuka Olisaemeka Okeke & Chisom Godswill Chigbo · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2021

Introduction: Physiotherapists are exposed to contracting infectious diseases because of the level of contact they have with patients in the course of performing their statutory clinical duties. Objective: The major objective of the study is to determine the availability and util...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ajmah/2021/v19i230304