Several individual RCTs demonstrated clinical ly important improvements in pain and disability with aerobic exercise .
Other PT interventions demonstrated no sustained benefit .
Individual RCTs showed similar benefits with aerobic , aquatic , and strengthening exercise .
Adverse events were uncommon and did not deter participants from continuing treatment .
Low-strength evidence suggested that only a few PT interventions were effective .
BACKGROUND Osteoarthritis is a leading cause of disability .
Nonsurgical treatment is a key first step .
PURPOSE Systematic literature review of physical therapy ( PT ) interventions for community-dwelling adults with knee osteoarthritis .
Effects of activity modification on the patients with osteoarthritis of the knee.
A prospect i ve r and omized clinical trial was conducted on 162 patients of osteoarthritis of knee were included in the study . The patients were divided into two groups- Group A and Group B. The Group A was treated with shortwave diathermy , exercise , naproxen and activity modification and the Group B was treated with shortwave diathermy , exercise and naproxen . Improvement was found more in Group A than Group B after 4th week ( 95 % CI was -2.59 to 6.56 ) . Then it was found that the improvement was gradually increased in Group A than Group B and finally , it was found that there was highly significant improvement in Group A than Group B after 6th week ( 95 % CI was -3.45 to -0.70 ) . This study suggests that activity modification play an important role for the treatment of the patients with osteoarthritis of knee
Several individual RCTs demonstrated clinical ly important improvements in pain and disability with aerobic exercise .
Other PT interventions demonstrated no sustained benefit .
Individual RCTs showed similar benefits with aerobic , aquatic , and strengthening exercise .
Adverse events were uncommon and did not deter participants from continuing treatment .
Low-strength evidence suggested that only a few PT interventions were effective .
BACKGROUND Osteoarthritis is a leading cause of disability .
Nonsurgical treatment is a key first step .
PURPOSE Systematic literature review of physical therapy ( PT ) interventions for community-dwelling adults with knee osteoarthritis .