In the authors' words
“There were significant differences between groups in pain and disability after 6 weeks of treatment, with better results in the PPT group with an effect size of d = 3.14 and d = 2.33 for pain and disability.”
What was measured
- Joint pain Reported an improvement
- Quality of life Reported an improvement
About the study
- Type
- Randomised trial
- Who took part
- Postmenopausal, osteoarthritis or joint pain
- How many
- 101
- How long
- 6 weeks
- Exercise
- Pilates
- Cited
- 22 times, per Europe PMC
- PubMed ID
- 26474232
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