Therapeutic ultrasound for knee osteoarthritis: A systematic review and meta-analysis with grade quality assessment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Therapeutic ultrasound (US) is a widely used intervention in physical therapy to manage pain and to aid in the healing of soft tissue.

Objective

This systematic review aimed to determine the effects of therapeutic US on knee osteoarthritis (KOA) symptoms.

Methods

PubMed, MEDLINE, EMBASE, Google Scholar, and the Cochrane databases were searched from inception to April 2019. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) involving adults with symptomatic KOA that compared therapeutic US with a sham or other control were included. The methodological quality of the trials was assessed at the study level using the Cochrane Risk of Bias tool. The quality of evidence at the outcome level- and overall- was assessed using GRADE methodology. Meta-analyses were conducted using r

SUBMITTER: Dantas LO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8721076 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature