A randomized controlled trial of aquatic and land-based exercise in patients with knee osteoarthritis
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A randomized controlled trial of aquatic and land-based exercise in patients with knee osteoarthritis.
OBJECTIVE To compare the efficacy of aquatic exercise and a land-based exercise programme vs control in patients with knee osteoarthritis. METHODS Primary outcome was change in pain, and in addition Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score questionnaire (KOOS). Standing balance and strength was also measured after and at 3-month follow-up. Seventy-nine patients (62 women), with a mean age...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0001-5555
DOI: 10.2340/16501977-0134