Effects of exercise therapy on walking ability in individuals with knee osteoarthritis: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 36-52

  Tanaka, Ryo ^a   Ozawa, Junya ^a   Kito, Nobuhiro ^a   Moriyama, Hideki ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Exercise; knee osteoarthritis; meta analysis; systematic review; walking

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; AGED; DISABILITY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

ACCELERATION; AGED; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; GAIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALKING;

EID: 84949634013     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: 14770873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269215515570098     Document Type: Review

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