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Muscle Strengthening Exercises on Pain and Function For Knee Osteoarthritis

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January 2024

Muscle Strengthening Exercises on Pain and Function For Knee Osteoarthritis

Vol: 306| Issue: 1| Number:8| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:1
Journal Level of Evidence:1

Effectiveness of muscle strengthening exercises on the clinical outcomes of patients with knee osteoarthritis: A randomized four-arm controlled trial.

Caspian J Intern Med . 2023 Summer;14(3):433-442.

Contributing Authors:
A Sadeghi M Rostami Z Khanlari A Zeraatchi N Jalili A Karimi Moghaddam Z Karimi Moghaddam R Fallah F Sangtarash

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Synopsis

96 patients with knee osteoarthritis were randomized to receive either quadriceps strengthening exercises (n=24), hamstring strengthening exercises (n=24), quadriceps and hamstrings strengthening exercises (n=24), or control (n=24). Outcomes of interest included pain on a Visual Analog Scale (VAS), Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Arthritis Index (WOMAC) pain, stiffness, function, and tot...

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