Trial reportRheumatology international2011
The effects of electrical stimulation combined with continuous passive motion versus isometric exercise on symptoms, functional capacity, quality of life and balance in knee osteoarthritis: randomized clinical trial.
Trial report in Rheumatology international, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 61 citations in OpenAlex.
- Exercise for osteoarthritis of the knee.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Efficacy of lower limb strengthening exercises based on different muscle contraction characteristics for knee osteoarthritis: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Characterising the Features of 381 Clinical Studies Evaluating Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation (TENS) for Pain Relief: A Secondary Analysis of the Meta-TENS Study to Improve Future Research.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Pooled it
- Benefits and Mechanisms of Exercise Training for Knee Osteoarthritis.Frontiers in physiology · 2021Pooled it
- Strengthening the quadriceps femoris muscle versus other knee training programs for the treatment of knee osteoarthritis.Rheumatology international · 2019Pooled it
- Exercise for osteoarthritis of the knee.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2015Pooled it
- Effects of kinesiotherapy, ultrasound and electrotherapy in management of bilateral knee osteoarthritis: prospective clinical trial.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2012Trial
- Stair-Climbing Training with Interferential Electrotherapy Improves Knee Muscle Strength, Dynamic Postural Stability, Pain Score, and Physical Activity in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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- Acute and chronic neuromuscular electrical stimulation and postural balance: a review.European journal of applied physiology · 2020Review
- The Effect of Electroacupuncture on Dynamic Balance during Stair Climbing for Elderly Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2020Article
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- Sivelestat sodium hydrate improves post-traumatic knee osteoarthritis through nuclear factor-κB in a rat model.Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2017Article
- Ultrasound with mineral water or aqua gel to reduce pain and improve the WOMAC of knee osteoarthritis.Future science OA · 2016Article
- Post-operative rehabilitation and nutrition in osteoarthritis.F1000Research · 2014Review
- Additional effect of iyengar yoga and EMG biofeedback on pain and functional disability in chronic unilateral knee osteoarthritis.International journal of yoga · 2013Article
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Abstract
The aim of this study was to evaluate effects of electrical stimulation combined with continuous passive motion (CPM-ES) versus isometric exercise on symptoms, functional capacity, quality of life, muscle strength, knee and thigh circle measurements, and balance in knee osteoarthritis (OA). This is a randomized clinical trial. The study was done in Gulhane Military Medical Academy (GMMA) Rehabilitation Center. Forty patients with knee OA were included in this study. Participants were randomly assigned to two groups: 20 patients placed in Group 1 were treated with conventional physical therapy and CPM-ES combination; 20 patients in Group 2 were treated with conventional physical therapy and isometric exercise. Therapies were applied 3 weeks, 5 days per week. The following main outcome measures were done: values of pain (VAS was used), WOMAC, SF-36, knee and thigh circle measurements, isokinetic tests, dynamic and static balance tests were determined at baseline and after the treatment. There were no statistically significant differences in the tested variables between the groups for post-treatment values. Dynamic and static balance test improved statistically strongly significantly in both groups. The findings of this study demonstrate that knee OA patients could improve their balance function in both static and dynamic conditions after CPM-ES combination or isometric exercise therapy. The improvement might prevent knee OA patients from falling down and increase their sense of security during physical activities.
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