ArticleMedicine2020
Effectiveness and safety of massage for knee osteoarthritis: A protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis.
Article in Medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 12 citations in OpenAlex.
- Sleep quality assessment in hospitalized postoperative surgical patients: a COSMIN-based systematic review.Frontiers in sleep · 2025Pooled it
- Swedish massage versus hip strengthening exercises for pain and function in older adults with knee osteoarthritis: a randomized controlled trial.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2026Trial
- Efficacy of tissue-bone homeostasis manipulation on the gait and knee function for the patients with knee osteoarthritis: a randomized controlled trial.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2024Trial
- Tendon-regulating and bone-setting manipulation promotes the recovery of synovial inflammation in rabbits with knee osteoarthritis via the TLR4-MyD88-NF-κB signaling pathway.Annals of translational medicine · 2023Article
- Physiotherapeutic Strategies and Their Current Evidence for Canine Osteoarthritis.Veterinary sciences · 2022Review
- Design and evaluation of an exergame system to assist knee disorders patients' rehabilitation based on gesture interaction.Health information science and systems · 2022Article
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12 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundKnee osteoarthritis (KOA), a concerning public health problem, seriously threatens well being of human beings. At present, studies have shown that massage therapy is effective in relieving related symptoms of KOA. However, the evidence of massage for KOA has not been systematically evaluated. Therefore, the study is conducted to systematically assess the reliability of patients with KOA treated by massage.
methodsWe will retrieve the relevant literature of massage for KOA from PubMed, Cochrane Library, EMBASE, Web of Science, Wanfang, Chongqing VIP, CNKI, and Chinese Biomedical Literature Database from the establishment of the databases to August 1, 2020. Two researchers will independently perform the screening of literature and extract the basic information of the data. In addition, RevMan V.5.3 software will be used for data analysis.
resultsThe study will comprehensively assess the effect of massage for KOA.
conclusionThe study will provide comprehensive evidence for evaluating whether massage therapy is useful in treating patients with KOA. INPLASY REGISTRATION NUMBER: INPLASY202080115.
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