Effects of a water exercise program for individuals with rheumatoid arthritis

Rintala, Pauli; Kettunen, H.; McCubbin, Jeffrey A.

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“…Moreover, pain subscales from a variety of self‐reported questionnaires were used, such as the Arthritis Impact Measurement Scale (AIMS) (Meenan et al, ), Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ) (Bruce and Fries, ; Felson et al, ; Fries et al, ) and the Short Form‐36 (SF‐36) (Ware and Sherbourne, ). Rintala et al () used pain as a primary outcome measure and found that there was a statistically significant reduction in the level of pain after use of a water exercise programme in patients with RA. None of the studies used pain as an outcome measure for a power calculation to determine the sample size. Physical function : HAQ was the most commonly used instrument in the reviewed studies (Bruce and Fries, ; Felson et al, ; Fries et al, ).…”

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“…Rintala et al () assessed the efficacy of a water based‐exercise programme on chronic pain in patients with RA. Pain was assessed using VAS (Ekdahl et al, ; Fries, ).…”

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“…The participants' age across the studies ranged from 18-80 years. The average number of participants in the treatment group post-randomization and before any withdrawals was 29 (range 12-57), with only three studies having groups with more than 30 participants (Eversden et al, 2007;Hall et al, 1996;Rintala et al, 1996). Maher et al (2003).…”

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“…The 10-cm visual analogue scale (VAS) was the tool used most commonly (Langley and Sheppeard, 1984). VAS was used in three studies (Eversden et al, 2007;Rintala et al, 1996;Stenstrom et al, 1991). Another instrument that was used, by Hall et al (1996), to assess pain was the McGill Pain Questionnaire (Melzack, 1975).…”

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The Effectiveness of Hydrotherapy in the Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Systematic Review

Al-Qubaeissy

Fatoye

Goodwin

et al. 2012

Musculoskeletal Care

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Background Hydrotherapy is frequently indicated for the rehabilitation of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA); nevertheless, there has been inadequate appraisal of its effectiveness. The potential benefits of hydrotherapy for patients with RA are to improve and/or maintain functional ability and quality of life. Objectives The aim of this systematic review was to evaluate the effectiveness of hydrotherapy in the management of patients with RA. Method AMED, CINAHL, EMBASE, MEDLINE, PubMed, Science Direct and Web of Science were searched between 1988 and May 2011. Keywords used were rheumatoid arthritis, hydrotherapy, aquatic physiotherapy, aqua therapy and water therapy. Searches were supplemented with hand searches of references of selected articles. Randomized controlled trials were assessed for their methodological quality using the Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro) scale. This scale ranks the methodological quality of a study scoring 7 out of 10 as ‘high quality’, 5–6 as ‘moderate quality’ and less than 4 as ‘poor quality’. Results Initially, 197 studies were identified. Six studies met the inclusion criteria for further analysis. The average methodological quality for all studies was 6.8 using the PEDro scale. Most of the studies reported favourable outcomes for a hydrotherapy intervention compared with no treatment or other interventions for patients with RA. Improvement was particularly noted in reducing pain, joint tenderness, mood and tension symptoms, and increasing grip strength and patient satisfaction with hydrotherapy treatment in the short term. Conclusions There is some evidence to suggest that hydrotherapy has a positive role in reducing pain and improving the health status of patients with RA compared with no or other interventions in the short term. However, the long‐term benefit is unknown. Further studies are needed. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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“…Rintala et al () assessed the efficacy of a water based‐exercise programme on chronic pain in patients with RA. Pain was assessed using VAS (Ekdahl et al, ; Fries, ).…”

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The Effectiveness of Hydrotherapy in the Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Systematic Review

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Fatoye

Goodwin

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Musculoskeletal Care

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“…Le renforcement musculaire. Le renforcement musculaire est recommandé à tous les stades de la PR (grade B) [7][8][9][10][11][12]. Ses modalités doivent être adaptées à l'état général et articulaire du patient.…”

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