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Adherence to, and results of, physical therapy programs in patients with hip or knee osteoarthritis. Development of French clinical practice guidelines

Joint Bone SpinePublished 20 September 2008
Bernard Mazières, A. Thévenon, Emmanuel Coudeyre, Xavier Chevalier, Michel Revel, François Rannou
Citations116
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SJR score0.91
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TL;DR

Recommendations regarding adherence to physical therapy programs by patients with hip or knee osteoarthritis are developed using the method recommended by the French Society for Physical and Rehabilitation Therapy, which combines a systematic literature review, a practice survey, and validation by a multidisciplinary panel of experts.

Abstract

Studies of adherence according to the type of exercise are needed. The relevance of widely used incentives in patients with hip or knee osteoarthritis should be evaluated in new therapeutic trials.

Keywords

Medicine