| Study | Reason for exclusion |
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| Andersson 1996 | Randomised controlled trial. Intervention was directed at strength training. |
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| Bearne 2002 | Randomised controlled trial. Duration of intervention less than 6 weeks. Balance training less than 30 minutes per exercise session.
Patients: 93 randomised (47 - Intervention Group / 46 - Control Group) + 25 healthy subjects.
61 patients completed rehabilitation regime - 34.41% drop-out.
Rehabilitation intervention: Warm-up exercises (e.g. 5 min cycling on a static bicycle, stretching/range of movement); 24 isometric MVCs (four sets of six contractions) at 90° knee flexion; three functional exercise (e.g. sit-to-stand, step-ups, etc.); balance exercises (e.g. wobble-board). "The functional and balance exercise were each performed for 1-5 min".
Duration of the exercise program: 5 weeks (10 exercise sessions / twice a week) |
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| Bilberg 2005 | Randomised controlled trial. Intervention: Moderately intensive exercise. Intervention did not target balance training.
Patients: 43 randomised (20 - Intervention Group / 23 - Control Group).
Rehabilitation intervention: Exercises in a temperate pool of moderate aerobic intensity. Exercises for aerobic capacity, dynamic (eccentric and concentric) and static muscle strength, and muscle endurance for upper and lower extremities, flexibility, coordination and relaxation.
Duration of the exercise program: 12 weeks (twice a week) / Each session - 45 min. |
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| Brodin 2008 | Multicenter, randomized controlled study. Intervention did not target balance training.
Author (Nina Brodin): "No specific exercises were suggested. Most patients engaged in hydrotherapy, walking, bicycling, swimming, aerobics or strength training." |
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| Ekdahl 1990 | Randomised controlled trial. Balance training less than 30 minutes per exercise session. Balance training combined with exercise to promote muscle strength.
Patients: 67 randomised in four training groups.
Rehabilitation intervention:
Group I: Dynamic program: 12 scheduled visits twice a week for a period of 6 weeks.
Group II: Dynamic program: 4 visits (twice the first week, one at the middle and one at the end of the
6-week period).
Group Ill : Static program: 12 visits (same as Group I).
Group IV: Static program: 4 visits (same as Group II).
Duration of the exercise program: 6 weeks. |
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| Eversden 2007 | Randomised controlled trial. Intervention: Hydrotherapy and land exercises. Intervention did not target balance training. "Participants, in groups, received either a weekly 30-minute session of hydrotherapy or land based exercises for 6 weeks".
Patients: 115 randomised (58 - Land Group / 57 - Hydrotherapy Group)
85 patients completed the study - loss 26.09%.
Rehabilitation intervention: the exercise in each group was similar - Warm-up exercises (mobilising and stretching); core exercises.
Duration of the exercise program: 6 weeks (once a week). |
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| Giraudet-Le 2007 | Randomised controlled trial. Intervention did not target balance training.
Patients: 208 randomised (104 - Intervention Group / 104 - Control Group).
Rehabilitation intervention: The educational intervention consisted of 8 weekly ambulatory sessions, each lasting 6 hours.
Duration of the exercise program: 8 weeks (once a week). |
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| Hansen 1993 | Randomised controlled trial. Intervention did not target balance training. Conditioning training (swimming, cycling, running or jogging).
Patients: 75 randomised.
Groups: (15 patients per group):
A - Self training after instruction in the training program.
B - As A plus training with a physiotherapist in general practice once a week.
C - As A plus weekly group training in the hospital.
D - As C but including training in a hot water.
E - No instruction in training. |
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| Häkkinen 1994 | Randomised controlled trial. Intervention: progressive dynamic strength training. Patients with recent onset rheumatoid or psoriatic arthritis.
Patients: 39 randomised (21 - Intervention Group / 18 - Control Group).
Rehabilitation intervention: Strength training program (altogether 9 different exercises for the upper and lower extremities and for the trunk); Control Group (walking, biking and swimming).
Duration of the exercise program: 6 months (Rehabilitation Group - 2 to 3 times a week / Control Group - 3 to 4 times a week). |
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| Häkkinen 2001 | Randomised controlled trial. Intervention did not target balance training. Intervention: Strength training.
Patients: 70 randomised.
62 patients completed the study (31 - Intervention Group / 31 - Control Group).
Rehabilitation intervention: Strength training program (different exercises for the upper and lower extremities and for the trunk); Control Group (walking, biking and swimming).
Duration of the exercise program: 24 months - examined at 6 month intervals. (Rehabilitation Group - twice a week - 45 minutes / Control Group - twice a week). |
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| Lineker 2001 | Randomised controlled trial. Intervention did not target balance training. Intervention: Home-based physical therapy.
Patients: 127 protocol completers.
* 117 patients were available for one year follow-up - the design was a prospective uncontrolled cohort study.
Duration of the exercise program: 6 week (mean 4 hours). |
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| Mayoux-Benhamou 2008 | Randomised controlled trial. Intervention did not target balance training.
Patients: 208 randomised (104 - Intervention Group / 104 - Control Group).
189 patients completed the study.
Rehabilitation intervention: The home-based exercise program included 10 exercises - 3 hand and
wrist range-of-motion exercises; 5 isometric strengthening exercises to reinforce limb muscles with elastic bands; a foot-roll exercise involving a tennis ball; and 1 towel-grabbing exercise to recruit plantar muscles. |
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| Munneke 2001 | Randomised controlled trial. Intervention did not target balance training.
Patients: 300 patients were included; 41 randomised (19 - Intervention Group / 22 - Control Group).
Rehabilitation intervention: intensive weight-bearing exercise.
Duration of the exercise program: 2 years (twice a week). |
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| Munneke 2003 | Randomised controlled trial. Intervention did not target balance training. Each session was divided into 3 parts: bicycle training (20 minutes), exercise circuit (20 minutes), and sport or game (20 minutes).
Study described results on the same 300 patients participating in the study cited above (Munneke 2001). The descriptions of participants, interventions, research design and outcomes, are the same. |
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| Nordemar 1981a | Controlled trial, not randomised. Intervention did not target balance training.
Patients: 46 randomised (23 - Intervention Group / 23 - Control Group).
Rehabilitation intervention: training on bicycle ergometer, swimming, skiing, cycling, dancing, gymnastics, golf, fast walking, jogging, and various other organized training sports.
Duration of the study: 4 to 8 years. |
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| Nordemar 1981b | Controlled trial, not randomised. Intervention did not target balance training.
Study described results on the same 46 patients participating in the study cited below (Nordemar 1981a). The descriptions of participants, interventions, research design and outcomes, are the same. |
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| Suomi 2003 | Randomised controlled trial. Intervention did not target balance training.
Patients: 32 randomised (11 - Aquatic exercise group / 11 - On-land exercise group / 10 - Control group). Only 8 patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
30 patients completed the study.
Duration of the exercise program: 8 weeks (twice a week / session - 45 minutes). |
