What is it about?
Underwater treadmill exercise for 4 weeks can be used for decreasing pain, increasing walking distance and leg strength as well as knee exercise at home for obese knee osteoarthritis.
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Why is it important?
Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a common health problem in elders. Those patients could not perform land exercise due to weight bearing load on knee joint, so underwater treadmill exercise can be an alternative treatment for those patients to strength there leg muscles with less load on knee joint.
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This study intends to prove the effect of underwater treadmill machine using as hydrotherapy for obese patients with pain on their knee whether it can decrease pain, increase knee muscle strength, increase walking ability, and decrease their body weight. However, within 4-week treatment, it shows efficacy in all outcomes except decrease body weight, which may due to short duration and no diet control.
Dr Vilai Kuptniratsaikul
Mahidol University
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This page is a summary of: Is four-week underwater treadmill exercise regimen compared to home exercise efficacious for pain relief and functional improvement in obese patients with knee osteoarthritis? A randomized controlled trial, Clinical Rehabilitation, August 2018, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/0269215518792041.
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