Osteoarthritis year in review 2015: Rehabilitation and outcomes

Osteoarthritis and Cartilage

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 58-70

  Bennell, K L ^a   Hall, M ^a   Hinman, R S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acupuncture; Braces; Exercise; Manual therapy; Orthoses; Osteoarthritis; Randomised controlled trials; Systematic reviews

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; AQUATIC EXERCISE; BALNEOTHERAPY; ELECTROSTIMULATION THERAPY; HAND OSTEOARTHRITIS; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILIZATION; KNEE BRACE; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MASSAGE; MUD THERAPY; NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; ORTHOPEDIC SHOE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESISTANCE TRAINING; REVIEW; SPA TREATMENT; STRETCHING EXERCISE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); ULTRASOUND THERAPY; BRACE; HAND JOINT; KINESIOTHERAPY; OSTEOARTHRITIS, HIP; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; THERAPEUTIC USE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIBRATION;

ACUPUNCTURE THERAPY; BALNEOLOGY; BRACES; EXERCISE THERAPY; HAND JOINTS; HUMANS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOARTHRITIS, HIP; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIBRATION;

EID: 84951841558     PISSN: 10634584     EISSN: 15229653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2015.07.028     Document Type: Review

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