Efficacy of a biomechanically-based yoga exercise program in knee osteoarthritis: A randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Certain exercises could overload the osteoarthritic knee. We developed an exercise program from yoga postures with a minimal knee adduction moment for knee osteoarthritis. The purpose was to compare the effectiveness of this biomechanically-based yoga exercise (YE), with traditional exercise (TE), and a no-exercise attention-equivalent control (NE) for improving pain, self-reported physical function and mobility performance in women with knee osteoarthritis.

Design

Single-blind, three-arm randomized controlled trial.

Setting

Community in Southwestern Ontario, Canada.

Participants

A convenience sample of 31 women with symptomatic knee osteoarthritis was recruited through rheumatology, orthopaedic and physiotherapy clinics, newspapers and word-of-mouth.

SUBMITTER: Kuntz AB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5903657 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature