THERAPEUTICS
Review: exercise helps relieve pain in patients with hip osteoarthritis
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G Hernández-Molina
Dr G Hernández-Molina, Clinical Epidemiology Research and Training Unit, Boston, MA, USA; gabyhm@yahoo.com
QUESTION
In patients with hip osteoarthritis (OA), does exercise help to relieve pain?
REVIEW SCOPE
Included studies compared an exercise intervention (strengthening or aerobic) with no exercise in patients with hip OA (with or without knee OA). The exercise interventions involved 
1 session/week (median 3) for 4 weeks, with each session lasting 30 minutes (median 53 min). Trials involving passive mobilisation or postoperative exercise therapy were excluded. Outcome was pain assessed using an accepted measure.
REVIEW METHODS
Medline (to Jul 2007), EMBASE/Excerpta Medica, PEDro, Cochrane databases, abstracts of scientific meetings, and references were searched for randomised controlled trials (RCTs) with 60% of participants completing the study. 9 RCTs (n = 1234) met the selection criteria. In 7 trials that included patients with knee OA, data on patients with hip OA were obtained from the authors. 5 RCTs reported adequate concealment
Griffith University, Logan, Queensland, Australia
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