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Quadriceps combined with hip abductor strengthening versus quadriceps strengthening in treating knee osteoarthritis: a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, May 2018
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Title
Quadriceps combined with hip abductor strengthening versus quadriceps strengthening in treating knee osteoarthritis: a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
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BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, May 2018
DOI 10.1186/s12891-018-2041-7
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Yujie Xie, Chi Zhang, Wei Jiang, Juan Huang, Lili Xu, Guoyin Pang, Haiyan Tang, Ruyan Chen, Jihua Yu, Shengmin Guo, Fangyuan Xu, Jianxiong Wang

Abstract

Lower limb strengthening, especially the quadriceps training, is of much necessity for patients with knee osteoarthritis (KOA). Previous studies suggest that strengthening of the hip muscles, especially the hip abductor, can potentially relieve the KOA-associated symptoms. Nevertheless, the effects of quadriceps combined with hip abductor strengthening remain unclear. Therefore, the current randomized controlled trial is designed aiming to observe whether quadriceps in combination with hip abductor strengthening can better improve the function and reduce pain in KOA patients than quadriceps training alone. A total of 80 subjects with symptomatic KOA will be recruited from the communities and hospital outpatient, and will be randomly assigned to the experiment group (Quadriceps-plus-hip-abductor-strengthening) or the control group (Quadriceps-strengthening). Specifically, participants in the experiment group will complete 4 exercises to train the quadriceps and hip abductor twice a day for 6 weeks at home, while those in the control group will only perform 2 exercises to strengthen the quadriceps. Besides, all patients will also receive usual care management, including health education and physical agent therapy when necessary. Knee pain will be measured using the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) at baseline, in every week during the course of treatment, as well as 8 and 12 weeks after randomization. Furthermore, knee function will be measured using the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) scale, and the quality of life will be measured using the MOS Item Short-form Health Survey (SF-36). In this study, several simple tests will be applied to assess the objective function. All the assessments except for VAS will be carried out at baseline, and in the 6th, 8th and 12th weeks respectively. Our findings will provide more evidence for the effects of hip abductor strengthening on relieving pain and improving function in KOA patients. Hip abductor strengthening can be added into the muscle training program for KOA patients as a supplementary content if it is proved to be effective. The current study has been registered with the Chinese Clinical Trials Registry (the registration number is ChiCTR-IOC-15007590 , 3rd December, 2015).

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Unknown 291 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 40 14%
Student > Bachelor 40 14%
Student > Postgraduate 12 4%
Other 9 3%
Student > Ph. D. Student 9 3%
Other 27 9%
Unknown 154 53%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Nursing and Health Professions 47 16%
Medicine and Dentistry 42 14%
Sports and Recreations 13 4%
Unspecified 7 2%
Neuroscience 4 1%
Other 16 5%
Unknown 162 56%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 12 March 2019.
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#5,894,611
of 22,844,985 outputs
Outputs from BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
#1,083
of 4,047 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#103,082
of 326,160 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
#16
of 64 outputs
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