SynthesisInternational wound journal2023
Effects of exercise in treating patients with venous leg ulcers: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
Synthesis in International wound journal, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- RETRACTED: Effects of exercise in treating patients with venous leg ulcers: An umbrella review.International wound journal · 2024Pooled it
- Effects of exercise in treating patients with venous leg ulcers: A systematic review and meta-analysis.International wound journal · 2023Pooled it
- Effectiveness of Single-Use Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (Pico 7) in Chronic Lower Limb Wounds: A Randomized Clinical Trial.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Deep Vein Thrombosis Prevention in Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients with Lower Limb Paralysis: A Narrative Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Impact of physical activity as an adjuvant treatment in the healing of venous ulcers in primary care: active legs RCT.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- Mobility range, level of pain and sleep quality of patients with venous leg ulcers.International wound journal · 2023Article
- No More Venous Ulcers-What More Can We Do?Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
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Abstract
To determine the effects of exercise on VLU healing and exercise adherence, and to provide evidence for clinical practice and scientific investigation. PubMed, Embase and Scopus were searched from inception to 31st March, 2022. Pooled relative risks (RRs), standardised mean differences (SMDs), adherence rate with respective 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated. Quality assessment of included studies were performed using the Cochrane Collaboration risk of bias evaluation. Heterogeneity between enrolled studies was evaluated. We identified eight randomised control studies (RCTs) that met the inclusion criteria. The pooled RR for healing rate was 1.38 (95% CI: 1.14 to 1.66; P = 0.0008) with no significant heterogeneity between component studies (I
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