BACKGROUND: Little is known regarding how impairment-based exercises may improve performance of specific functional tasks in @entity1 with @entity626 ( @entity571 ). OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to compare the probability that participation in an impairment-based exercise program or the same impairment-based program supplemented with agility and perturbation training will improve @entity1 -reported function on specific functional tasks. DESIGN: This study was a secondary analysis of data from a randomized clinical trial. SETTING: The study was conducted in the outpatient physical therapy clinic of a large, university-based health center. @entity1 : One hundred eighty-three @entity1 with knee @entity571 (122 @entity1 , 61 @entity1 ) participated. INTERVENTIONS: @entity1 were randomly assigned to either a group that received agility and perturbation training with standard exercise therapy or a group that received only the standard exercise. MEASUREMENTS: Specific functional items were taken from the physical function subscale of the Western Ontario and McMasters Universities @entity571 Index, the Lower Extremity Function Scale, and the Activities of Daily Living Scale of the Knee Outcome Survey. RESULTS: The probability of self-reported improvement in a variety of specific functional tasks was low following participation in either of the exercise programs. When only @entity1 with moderate to severe difficulty performing specific functional tasks were considered in the analysis, the probability of success improved but was still limited. LIMITATIONS: The results are generalizable only to self-reported assessment of performance of specific functional tasks. CONCLUSIONS: Impairment-based exercise may not be enough to make substantial improvement in performance of specific functional tasks. Task-specific exercise approaches need to be explored for @entity1 with knee @entity571 .

Effects of impairment-based exercise on performance of specific self-reported functional tasks in individuals with XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['participants', 'women', 'patient', 'Participants', 'PARTICIPANTS', 'people', 'men'] @entity626 :: ('MESH:D020370', 'Disease') :: ['knee osteoarthritis'] @entity571 :: ('MESH:D010003', 'Disease') :: ['OA', 'Osteoarthritis']
@entity626 :: (MESH:D020370,Disease) :: ['knee osteoarthritis']
