Aquatic exercise for the treatment of knee and hip osteoarthritis

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2016, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Bartels, Else Marie ^a   Juhl, Carsten B ^b   Christensen, Robin ^a   Hagen, Kåre Birger ^c   Danneskiold Samsøe, Bente ^d   Dagfinrud, Hanne ^c   Lund, Hans ^b,e  

^a Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c DIAKONHJEMMET HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d FREDERIKSBERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^e BERGEN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC EXERCISE; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DISABILITY SEVERITY; DISEASE DURATION; EVALUATION STUDY; HIP OSTEOARTHRITIS; HIP PAIN; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; AGED; BALNEOTHERAPY; CHRONIC DISEASE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HYDROTHERAPY; KINESIOTHERAPY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; OSTEOARTHRITIS, HIP; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PROCEDURES; SWIMMING;

WATER;

AGED; BALNEOLOGY; CHRONIC DISEASE; EXERCISE; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROTHERAPY; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS, HIP; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SWIMMING; WATER;

EID: 84961879636     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD005523.pub3     Document Type: Review

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