Knee pain from osteoarthritis: pathogenesis, risk factors, and recent evidence on physical therapy interventions

JP Berteau - Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2022 - mdpi.com
For patients presenting knee pain coming from osteoarthritis (OA), non-pharmacological
conservative treatments (eg, physical therapy interventions) are among the first methods in …

Effects of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) in people with knee osteoarthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Y Wu, F Zhu, W Chen, M Zhang - Clinical rehabilitation, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective To evaluate the effects of Transcutaneous Electric Nerve Stimulation (TENS) on
pain, function, walking ability and stiffness in people with Knee osteoarthritis (KOA). Design …

Comparative Effectiveness of Focused Extracorporeal versus Radial Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy for Knee Osteoarthritis—Randomized Controlled Study

NY Ko, CN Chang, CH Cheng, HK Yu… - International Journal of …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Both focused extracorporeal shockwave (f-ESWT) and radial extracorporeal shockwave
therapy (r-ESWT) can alleviate symptoms in patients with knee osteoarthritis, but no trials …

Effect of balneotherapy on pain and fatigue in elderly with knee osteoarthritis receiving physical therapy: a randomized trial

E Dilekçi, K Özkuk, B Kaki - International journal of biometeorology, 2019 - Springer
This study aimed to investigate whether balneotherapy (BT) applied in combination with
physical therapy (PT) has a more positive effect in patients aged 65 years and older with …

Characterising the features of 381 clinical studies evaluating transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) for pain relief: a secondary analysis of the meta-TENS …

MI Johnson, CA Paley, PG Wittkopf, MR Mulvey… - Medicina, 2022 - mdpi.com
Background and Objectives: Characterising the features of methodologies, clinical attributes
and intervention protocols, of studies is valuable to advise directions for research and …

Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation improves stair climbing capacity in people with knee osteoarthritis

H Iijima, R Eguchi, K Shimoura, K Yamada… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
This study aimed to examine the effect of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS)
on stair climbing capacity in individuals with pre-radiographic to mild knee osteoarthritis …

Randomized clinical trial comparing of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) and transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) in knee osteoarthritis

S Sajadi, M Karimi, B Forogh, GR Raissi… - Neurophysiologie …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Due to the limitations of pharmacological and surgical management of knee
osteoarthritis (OA), several non-pharmacologic approaches including transcutaneous …

It hurts to move! Intervention effects and assessment methods for movement-evoked pain in patients with musculoskeletal pain: a systematic review with meta-analysis

L Leemans, A Polli, J Nijs, T Wideman… - journal of orthopaedic & …, 2022 - jospt.org
Objectives To estimate the effects of musculoskeletal rehabilitation interventions on
movementevoked pain and to explore the assessment methods/protocols used to evaluate …

Using TENS to Enhance Therapeutic Exercise in Individuals with Knee Osteoarthritis.

B Pietrosimone, BA Luc-Harkey, MS Harkey… - Medicine and science …, 2020 - europepmc.org
Purpose This study aimed to determine the effect of TENS+ TE on patient-reported function,
quadriceps strength, and voluntary activation, as well as physical performance compared …

Concurrent validity and measurement error of stair climb test in people with pre-radiographic to mild knee osteoarthritis

H Iijima, K Shimoura, R Eguchi, T Aoyama… - Gait & Posture, 2019 - Elsevier
Background Stair climbing is the task first affected in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA);
therefore, the precise measurement of time required to climb stairs is important to identify …