Manual Therapy vs Home Exercise for Hip Osteoarthritis in Beninese Patients .
Comparison of Maitland Passive Joint Mobilization and Self-Rehabilitation on Function, Activity, and Quality of Life in Beninese Patients With Hip Osteoarthritis: A Pragmatic Randomized Trial.
Physiother Res Int . 2025 Jan;30(1):e70013.Sixty-six patients with hip osteoarthritis were randomized to receive either Maitland passive joint mobilization (n=33) or self-rehabilitation (n=33). The primary outcome of interest was pain intensity measured by the Numerical Rating Scale. Secondary outcomes included passive hip range of motion, muscle strength, walking speed, and quality of life (SF-36). Outcomes were assessed at baseline, immediately post-intervention, and at 3-month follow-up. Overall, the results of the study revealed that both interventions led to significant improvements in pain, mobility, muscle strength, walking speed, and quality of life over time, with no statistically significant differences between groups. This suggests that both hands-on and home-based rehabilitation strategies can effectively manage hip osteoarthritis in low-resource settings.
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