Efficacy and potential determinants of exercise therapy in knee and hip osteoarthritis: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Exercise is an effective treatment for osteoarthritis. However, the effect may vary from one patient (or study) to another.

Objective

To evaluate the efficacy of exercise and its potential determinants for pain, function, performance, and quality of life (QoL) in knee and hip osteoarthritis (OA).

Methods

We searched 9 electronic databases (AMED, CENTRAL, CINAHL, EMBASE, MEDLINE Ovid, PEDro, PubMed, SPORTDiscus and Google Scholar) for reports of randomised controlled trials (RCTs) comparing exercise-only interventions with usual care. The search was performed from inception up to December 2017 with no language restriction. The effect size (ES), with its 95% confidence interval (CI), was calculated on the basis of between-group standardised mean differences.

SUBMITTER: Goh SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6880792 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature