Improvement in upper leg muscle strength underlies beneficial effects of exercise therapy in knee osteoarthritis: Secondary analysis from a randomised controlled trial

Physiotherapy (United Kingdom)

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 171-177

  Knoop, J ^a   Steultjens, M P M ^b   Roorda, L D ^a   Lems, W F ^c,d   van der Esch, M ^a   Thorstensson, C A ^e   Twisk, J W R ^d   Bierma Zeinstra, S M A ^f   van der Leeden, M ^a,d   Dekker, J ^d  

^a Reade Centre for Rehabilitation and Rheumatology   (Netherlands)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Jan Van Breemen Research Instituut   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^f ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Exercise therapy; Longitudinal analysis; Muscle strength; Neuromuscular mechanisms; Proprioception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; LEG MUSCLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OUTPATIENT CARE; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; AGED; KNEE; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; REHABILITATION CENTER; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

AGED; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; LEG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PROPRIOCEPTION; REHABILITATION CENTERS;

EID: 84928774587     PISSN: 00319406     EISSN: 18731465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physio.2014.06.002     Document Type: Article

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