ReviewOsteoarthritis and cartilage open2023
Effect of exercise therapy in patients with hip osteoarthritis: A systematic review and cumulative meta-analysis.
Review in Osteoarthritis and cartilage open, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Effectiveness of exercise therapy for osteoarthritis: an overview of systematic reviews and randomised controlled trials.RMD open · 2026Pooled it
- Long-term effects of neuromuscular exercise therapy and the need for surgical conversion in wrist osteoarthritis: 24-month results from a randomized controlled trial.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Trial
- The effect of exercise on clinical pain: a systematic umbrella review and meta-meta-analysis.Pain reports · 2026Article
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- Global mapping survey research on physiotherapeutic interventions for osteoarthritis: a scoping review protocol.BMJ open · 2024Article
- Intra-articular corticosteroid injections for osteoarthritis: A qualitative study of patients' and clinicians' experiences.PloS one · 2024Article
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Corrections and comments
- Erratum issued
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8 authors.
Funding
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Abstract
Objective: To evaluate the existing evidence on the effect of exercise therapy in patients with hip osteoarthritis (OA) compared to no treatment and explore whether a further trial will change the current evidence. Design: Systematic review and cumulative meta-analysis using randomized controlled trials (RCT) to determine the effect on pain and function post-treatment, and at 6-9 months after treatment. Standardized mean difference (SMD) ≤ -0.37 was considered clinically worthwhile. Extended funnel plots were used to simulate the impact of a new trial on the pooled effect size of pain and function. Results: 18 RCTs were included. Post-treatment we found a beneficial effect of exercise therapy on pain (SMD -0.38, 95% Confidence Interval (CI): 0.55 to -0.22) and function (SMD -0.31, 95% CI -0.49 to -0.11). A beneficial effect of exercise therapy on pain (SMD -0.23, 95% CI: 0.41 to -0.05) and function (SMD -0.29, 95% CI: 0.45 to -0.12) was found 6-9 months after treatment. Most effect estimates were small, and it is unclear whether these are clinically meaningful. Extended funnel plots and a simulation of a new trial showed that only a new trial with a larger effect than the current pooled effect or a trial including 74,843 participants would change the pooled effect estimate from an unclear to a clearly clinically worthwhile effect. Conclusions: We found a beneficial effect of exercise therapy on pain and function in hip OA. It is unlikely a new trial added to current evidence will change the conclusion.
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