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Trial reportTheScientificWorldJournal2021

Short-Term Effects of Strengthening Exercises of the Lower Limb Rehabilitation Protocol on Pain, Stiffness, Physical Function, and Body Mass Index among Knee Osteoarthritis Participants Who Were Overweight or Obese: A Clinical Trial.

Muhammad Tariq Rafiq, Mohamad Shariff A Hamid, Eliza Hafiz

Open access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in TheScientificWorldJournal, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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8citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
2.6field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 20 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Exercise for osteoarthritis of the knee.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Muhammad Tariq RafiqCentre for Sport and Exercise Sciences, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3701-3070
Mohamad Shariff A HamidUnit of Sports Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Eliza HafizCentre for Sport and Exercise Sciences, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
University of Malaya · MY

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundOsteoarthritis (OA) of the knee is defined as a progressive disease of the synovial joints and is characterized by wear and tear of the cartilage and underlying bone. This study aimed to determine the short-term effects of the lower limb rehabilitation protocol (LLRP) on pain, stiffness, physical function, and body mass index (BMI) among knee OA participants who were overweight or obese.

resultsParticipants in the RPG and CG reported a statistically significant reduction in knee pain and stiffness (

conclusionShort-term effects of the LLRP appear to reduce knee pain and stiffness only, but not physical function and BMI.

Indexed as

Body Mass IndexExercise TherapyFemaleHumansLower ExtremityMaleMiddle AgedObesityOsteoarthritis, KneeOverweightPainRange of Motion, ArticularSingle-Blind Method

Identifiers

PMID34975349
PMCPMC8716196
OpenAlexW4200303850

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