Table 2: Randomised controlled trials on physical exercise.

  N Average Age ±SD % Women Lifestyle Affected Joint Exclusion Criteria Blinded Assessment Patients Groups Assessment Results
Kovar (1992) [8]
Sullivan (1998) [9]
102
52
70.4±9.1 84% independent knee -Dementia
-Pathologies
CI exercise
No -Control (phone calls)
-exercise +
education
8 weeks
1 year
↓pain*
↑function*
↓pain°
Rogind (1998) [10] 25 71.2±7.4 91% independent Knee
(severe)
-Dementia
-Pathologies CI exercice
-Hip OA
Yes -Control (non-training)
-Exercise
+self-rehabilitation
3 months
1 year
↓pain*
↑function*
↓pain*
↑function*
Kline Mangione
(1999) [11]
54 71.0±6.9 67% independent knee Pathologies
CI exercise
No -Bike high intensity
-Bike low intensity
10 weeks ↓pain°
↑function°
Petrella (2000) [12] 179 74.0±6.0 57.5% independent knee -Dependency
-pathologies CI exercise
Yes (double) -Control (sham exercise)
-home exercise
8 weeks ↓pain*
↑function*
Talbot (2003) [13] 34 70.2±6.7 76.5% independent knee -MMS<24
-Pathologies
CI exercise
No -Control (education)
-Podometer
6 months
9 months
↑step count°
nothing
Hughes (2004) [14]
Hughes (2006) [15]
150
215
73.3±6.7 81% independent Knee and hip Dementia Yes -Control (notebook)
-resistance exercise
2 months
1 year
↓pain*
↑function*
↓pain°
↑function*
Williamson (2007) [16] 181 70.0±8.8 55.5% Not specified Knee (severe) -Homolateral Hip OA Yes -Control (brochure)
-Acupuncture
-exercise
7 weeks
12 weeks
↑function
(acupuncture)*
nothing
Murphy (2008) [17] 54 75.3±7.1 93% RÉsidences
(4 sites)
K 67%
K+H 22%
H 11%
Dementia Yes Exercise+OT
Exercise+education
6 weeks ↓pain°
↑function (OT)*

K: knee osteoarthritis; H: hip osteoarthritis; OA: osteoarthritis; CI: contra-indicating; OT: occupational therapy. °: significant intragroup difference; *: significant intergroup difference.