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ArticleClinical rehabilitation2025

Aquatic exercise interventions in the treatment of musculoskeletal upper extremity disorders: A scoping review.

Lynn Murray, Michelle Kennedy, Michael Malone, Lyn Mair, Lyndsay Alexander

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Article in Clinical rehabilitation, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Lynn MurrayMusculoskeletal Physiotherapy Services, NHS Grampian, Aberdeen, UK.
Michelle KennedySchool of Health Sciences, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UK.
Michael MaloneSchool of Health Sciences, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UK.
Lyn MairLibrary & Knowledge Services, NHS Grampian, Aberdeen, UK.
Lyndsay AlexanderSchool of Health Sciences, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-2437-9150

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

ObjectiveTo identify literature on aquatic exercise therapy used to manage upper extremity musculoskeletal disorders and identify key concepts, intervention components, and gaps in the evidence base.Data sourcesThe comprehensive search included MEDLINE (Ovid), CINAHL (EBSCOHost), Embase (Ovid), CENTRAL (Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials) databases and grey literature sources.Review methodsJBI Scoping review methodology guided this review through protocol development, searching, screening, data extraction and analysis. Study Selection included: Participants - Adults with upper extremity musculoskeletal disorders; Concept - Aquatic based exercise therapy; Context - any setting in any very highly developed nation.ResultsThe search identified 5045 sources with 68 studies included in the final synthesis. Findings outlined shoulder problems were the most reported upper extremity condition treated (

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Exercise TherapyHydrotherapyMusculoskeletal DiseasesUpper ExtremityHumansRange of Motion, ArticularAquatic therapyarm injuryhydrotherapyphysiotherapyrehabilitationrotator cuffshoulder

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PMID39895004
PMCPMC12099020

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