Effectiveness of physiotherapy exercise after knee arthroplasty for osteoarthritis: Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

British Medical Journal

Volumn 335, Issue 7624, 2007, Pages 812-815

  Minns Lowe, Catherine J ^a,b   Barker, Karen L ^b   Dewey, Michael ^c   Sackley, Catherine M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CINAHL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMBASE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; KNEE FUNCTION; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; STANDARDIZATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; WALKING; ARTHRALGIA; CONVALESCENCE; EVALUATION; KNEE; KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; STATISTICS;

ARTHRALGIA; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 35548987593     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.39311.460093.BE     Document Type: Article

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