A home-based exercise for people with osteoarthritis: Effectiveness and exercise adherence

Effectiveness of Home Exercise Program in Patients- with Knee Osteoarthritis

To investigate effects of home exercise program including isotonic, isometric and joint range of motion (ROM) exercises on pain, functional capacity and quality of life in knee OA patients. Seventy-five patients with knee OA were included into the study. Patients were exposed to home exercise program including 8-week active ROM, and isometric and isotonic exercises for quadriceps and hamstrings...

Home-based exercise among cancer survivors: adherence and its predictors.

OBJECTIVE Evidence of the benefits of exercise for those treated for cancer has led to exercise interventions for this population. Some have questioned whether cancer patients offered a home-based intervention adhere to the exercise prescribed. METHOD We examined exercise adherence in a randomized controlled trial of a 12-week, home-based exercise trial for breast cancer patients. Three adher...

Exercise programmes for people with osteoarthritis of the knees

Exercise for people with hip or knee osteoarthritis: a comparison of land-based and aquatic interventions

Expert opinion considers the referral of people with osteoarthritis (OA) for physiotherapy to be a core component of managing the functional disability and pain of the disease. Clinical guidelines for the physiotherapy management of people with OA focus on three main areas: exercise, pain relief, and specific manual therapy techniques. Land-based group and individual physiotherapy exercise prog...

Supplementing a home exercise programme with a class-based exercise programme is more effective than home exercise alone in the treatment of knee osteoarthritis.

OBJECTIVE The study aimed to compare the relative effectiveness of providing a home-based exercise programme versus home-based exercise supplemented with an 8-week class-based exercise programme in reducing pain and improving function in patients with knee osteoarthritis. METHODS Patients (n = 214) with radiologically confirmed knee osteoarthritis were selected. Patients were randomly allocat...