作者
Margriet E Van Baar, Willem JJ Assendelft, Joost Dekker, Rob AB Oostendorp, Johannes WJ Bijlsma
发表日期
1999/7
来源
Arthritis & Rheumatism: Official Journal of the American College of Rheumatology
卷号
42
期号
7
页码范围
1361-1369
出版商
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
简介
Objective
To review the effectiveness of exercise therapy in patients with osteoarthritis (OA) of the hip or knee.
Methods
A computerized literature search of Medline, Embase, and Cinahl was carried out. Randomized clinical trials on exercise therapy for OA of the hip or knee were selected if treatment had been randomly allocated and if pain, selfreported disability, observed disability, or patient's global assessment of effect had been used as outcome measures. The validity of trials was systematically assessed by independent reviewers. Effect sizes and power estimates were calculated. A best evidence synthesis was conducted, weighting the studies with respect to their validity and power.
Results
Six of the 11 assessed trials satisfied at least 50% of the validity criteria. Two trials had sufficient power to detect mediumsized effects. Effect sizes indicated smalltomoderate beneficial effects of exercise therapy on …
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