Effect of therapeutic aquatic exercise on symptoms and function associated with lower limb osteoarthritis: Systematic review with meta-analysis

Physical Therapy

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1383-1395

  Waller, Benjamin ^a   Ogonowska Slodownik, Anna ^b   Vitor, Manuel ^c   Lambeck, Johan ^d   Daly, Daniel ^d   Kujala, Urho M ^a   Heinonen, Ari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b JÓZEF PI SUDSKI UNIVERSITY OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION IN WARSAW   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d Head Department Rehabilitation Sciences   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLICATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; META ANALYSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; OSTEOARTHRITIS, HIP; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK; SWIMMING;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; ODDS RATIO; OSTEOARTHRITIS, HIP; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SWIMMING;

EID: 84907486723     PISSN: 00319023     EISSN: 15386724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2522/ptj.20130417     Document Type: Article

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