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Bulthuis Y, Drossaers-Bakker KW, Taal E, et al. Rheumatology 2007;46:1712–17.
Exercise training has been advocated in the management of arthritis (rheumatoid and osteoarthritis) — the effects of a short-term intensive exercise programme on longer-term outcomes have not been well studied.
What is the efficacy of short-term intensive exercise training (IET) in patients suffering from arthritis directly following hospital discharge?
Subjects: 114 patients with disabling rheumatoid arthritis or osteoarthritis who needed hospitalisation for either a flare-up in disease or elective hip or knee arthroplasty.
Experimental procedure: Subjects were randomised into usual care (UC = 54) or 3 weeks intensive exercise rehabilitation in a resort setting immediately after discharge (EX group = 60). Outcomes were assessed before and after 3, 13, 26 and 52 weeks.
Measures of outcome: Range of motion (Escola Paulista de Medicina-Range of Motion scale — EPM-ROM), disability (HAQ, McMaster Toronto Arthritis Patient Preference
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