Exercise for osteoarthritis of the knee: A Cochrane systematic review

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 24, 2015, Pages 1554-1557

  Fransen, Marlene ^a   McConnell, Sara ^b   Harmer, Alison R ^a   Van Der Esch, Martin ^c   Simic, Milena ^a   Bennell, Kim L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c Reade   (Netherlands)

^d THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTHRALGIA; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; META ANALYSIS; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ARTHRALGIA; EXERCISE THERAPY; HUMANS; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84949313915     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2015-095424     Document Type: Review

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