TY - JOUR AU - McNair, Peter J. AU - Simmonds, Marion A. AU - Boocock, Mark G. AU - Larmer, Peter J. PY - 2009 DA - 2009/06/25 TI - Exercise therapy for the management of osteoarthritis of the hip joint: a systematic review JO - Arthritis Research & Therapy SP - R98 VL - 11 IS - 3 AB - Recent guidelines pertaining to exercise for individuals with osteoarthritis have been released. These guidelines have been based primarily on studies of knee-joint osteoarthritis. The current study was focused on the hip joint, which has different biomechanical features and risk factors for osteoarthritis and has received much less attention in the literature. The purpose was to conduct a systematic review of the literature to evaluate the exercise programs used in intervention studies focused solely on hip-joint osteoarthritis, to decide whether their exercise regimens met the new guidelines, and to determine the level of support for exercise-therapy interventions in the management of hip-joint osteoarthritis. SN - 1478-6354 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/ar2743 DO - 10.1186/ar2743 ID - McNair2009 ER -