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ArticleBMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation2023

Effect of adding hip exercises to general rehabilitation treatment of knee osteoarthritis on patients' physical functions: a randomized clinical trial.

Jie Qiu, Tiantian Zhou, Huihong Jin, Yujian Pan, Tingting Qian, Chuan Xue, Wen Xia, Haitao Shi, Bingchen An

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Article in BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06976242 (Comparison Of The Effectiveness Of Elastic Resistance Versus Free Weight Training Of Gluteus Medius In Improving Pain, Strength, And Overall Gait Speed In Patients With Chronic Non-Specific Low Back Pain), which is not on this map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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NCT06976242 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2025, after this paper: background citation

Comparison Of The Effectiveness Of Elastic Resistance Versus Free Weight Training Of Gluteus Medius In Improving Pain, Strength, And Overall Gait Speed In Patients With Chronic Non-Specific Low Back Pain: Randomized Controlled Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorKhyber Medical University PeshawarRan2025 to 2025Enrolled36ConditionsLow Back PainArmsElastic Resistance Training, Free Weight Exercises, Conventional Training
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

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

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jie Qiu *Department of Rehabilitation, Huadong Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Tiantian Zhou *Department of Rehabilitation, Huadong Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Huihong JinQibao Community Health Service Center, Minhang District, Shanghai, China.
Yujian PanDepartment of Rehabilitation, Huadong Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Tingting QianDepartment of Rehabilitation, Huadong Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Chuan XueDepartment of Rehabilitation, Huadong Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Wen XiaDepartment of Rehabilitation, Huadong Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Haitao ShiDepartment of Rehabilitation, Huadong Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Bingchen AnDepartment of Rehabilitation, Huadong Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai, China. anbingchen@fudan.edu.cn.
Fudan University · CNHuadong Hospital · CN

Funding

Shanghai State Scientific and Technological Commission Grant Nos. 21Y11903100, 16411964000, and 21MC1930200
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundHip adductor and abductor strength were both reduced in KOA patients. But to date, most of the researches have only focused on quadriceps combined with hip abductor strengthening versus quadriceps strengthening.

objectiveThe aim of the study is to evaluate the effect of adding hip abductor and adductor strengthening to quadriceps strengthening on lower limb strength, knee pain and physical function in patients with medial compartmental knee osteoarthritis.

methodsIn this study, 42 participants, were randomly divided into two groups: the general treatment group (GT group) and the added-hip-exercise group (AH group). All participants were given a general rehabilitation treatment. The AH group performed hip abductor and adductor strengthening in addition to the general rehabilitation treatment. Knee and hip muscle strength, Five Times Sit-to-Stand Test (FTSST), the Timed Up and Go Test (TUGT), Numerical Rating Scale (NRS), and Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) scores were assessed at baseline and 6 weeks. A two-sided 2-sample unpaired t test was performed to compare the difference in mean change scores between AH and GT groups.

resultsFinally, 36 participants completed the study: both groups consist of 18 participants. In the per-protocol analysis, the AH group had a greater improvement in knee extension strength (mean changes, 7.84 versus 36.48; P < 0.001) and hip abduction strength (mean changes, 5.05 versus 26.62; P = 0.001) than the control group. Similarly, the AH group had a greater improvement in the FTSST time (mean changes, 0.40 s versus 3.57 s; P < 0.001) and the TUFT time (mean changes, 0.18 s versus 1.67 s; P = 0.002) than the GH group. No statistical difference was found in the change of WOMAC pain scores and NRS between the 2 groups.

conclusionsOlder adults with knee OA in the AH group had superior muscle strength, symptoms and daily activity performance at the 6th week than those in the GT group. And adding hip exercises could expedite improvement of pain at the 2th week, but not at the 6th week.

trial registrationClinical trial registration numbers and date of registration: ChiCTR-IOR-16009124, Registered 30 August 2016.

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Five times Sit-to-Stand TestHip exercisesIsometric muscle strengtheningKneeNumerical Rating ScaleOsteoarthritisRehabilitationThe Western Ontario and McMaster UniversitiesTimed Up and Go Test

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PMID37996958
PMCPMC10668394
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