Neuromuscular versus quadriceps strengthening exercise in patients with medial knee osteoarthritis and varus malalignment: A randomized controlled trial

Arthritis and Rheumatology

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 950-959

  Bennell, Kim L ^a   Kyriakides, Mary ^a   Metcalf, Ben ^a   Egerton, Thorlene ^a   Wrigley, Tim V ^a   Hodges, Paul W ^b   Hunt, Michael A ^c   Roos, Ewa M ^d   Forbes, Andrew ^e   Ageberg, Eva ^f   Hinman, Rana S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GAIT; HOME; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE EXERCISE; NEUROMUSCULAR EXERCISE; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS STRENGTHENING EXERCISE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VARUS KNEE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WEIGHT BEARING; WESTERN ONTARIO AND MCMASTER UNIVERSITIES OSTEOARTHRITIS INDEX;

AGED; BONE MALALIGNMENT; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; QUADRICEPS MUSCLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84898621735     PISSN: 23265191     EISSN: 23265205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.38317     Document Type: Article

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