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Aquatic exercise effectively manages symptoms associated with lower limb OA

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January 2015

Aquatic exercise effectively manages symptoms associated with lower limb OA

Vol: 4| Issue: 1| Number:14| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:1
Journal Level of Evidence:N/A

Effect of therapeutic aquatic exercise on symptoms and function associated with lower limb osteoarthritis: systematic review with meta-analysis

Phys Ther. 2014 Oct;94(10):1383-95.

Contributing Authors:
B Waller A Ogonowska-Slodownik M Vitor J Lambeck D Daly UM Kujala A Heinonen

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11 randomized controlled trials (N=1092) comparing therapeutic aquatic exercise (TAE) with no intervention in patients with lower limb osteoarthritis (OA) were included in this systematic review/meta-analysis. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of TAE on symptoms and function associated with lower limb OA. The outcomes of interest were pain, stiffness, patient-reported function,...

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