Is aquatic exercise more effective than land-based exercise for knee osteoarthritis?

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study aimed to systemically review the effectiveness of aquatic exercise (AQE) compared to land-based exercise (LBE) in treating knee osteoarthritis (OA).

Methods

The Medline, Embase, Web of Science, Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Clinical Trials, CINAHL, and psyclNFO databases were comprehensively searched for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) evaluating the effectiveness of AQE and LBE for knee OA from their inception date to September 24, 2018. The risk of bias was examined using the Cochrane Collaboration Tool, and Review Manager 5.3 was used for data collation and analysis.

Results

Eight RCTs were included, involving a total of 579 patients. The meta-analysis showed that there was no significant difference between AQE and LBE for pain r

SUBMITTER: Dong R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6314737 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature