Effects of blood flow restriction therapy in patients with knee osteoarthritis: protocol for an overview of systematic reviews.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common and prevalent musculoskeletal disease associated with population aging, negatively impacting function and quality of life. A consequence of knee OA is quadriceps muscle weakness. Musculoskeletal rehabilitation using low load exercises, associated with Blood Flow Restriction (BFR) may be a useful alternative to high load exercises when those cannot be tolerated. Several systematic reviews have reported inconclusive results due to discrepancies in study findings, heterogeneity of results, evaluated time points, and research questions explored.

Objective

To perform an overview of systematic reviews with meta-analyses, synthesizing the most recent evidence on the effects of muscle strength training with BFR for knee OA.

Method

SUBMITTER: Machado FA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10867121 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature