Hydrotherapy versus conventional land-based exercise for the management of patients with osteoarthritis of the knee: A randomized clinical trial

Physical Therapy

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 12-21

  Silva, Luciana E ^a   Valim, Valeria ^b   Pessanha, Ana Paula C ^a   Oliveira, Leda M ^a   Myamoto, Samira ^a   Jones, Anamaria ^a   Natour, Jamil ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; HYDROTHERAPY; KINESIOTHERAPY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROTHERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 37549030840     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20060040     Document Type: Article

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