Effects of rehabilitative interventions on pain, function and physical impairments in people with hand osteoarthritis: a systematic review

Table 1 Study design and participant characteristics

Reference	Study design	LOE	Total, n	Gender		Age, years		Diagnosis of hand OA		CMC joint OA	IP joint OA
				M, n	F, n	Mean (SD)
						Intervention	Control	Clinical	Radiology
Rannou, et al. [31]	RCT	1b	112	11	101	63 (8)	64 (8)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Basford, et al. [22]	RCT	1b	81	NS	NS	57 (NS)	63 (NS)	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Brosseau, et al. [24]	RCT	1b	88	19	69	64 (10)	65 (10)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Stange-Rezende, et al. [35]	Crossover	2b	45	3	42	60 (8)	60 (8)	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Favaro, et al. [39]	Quasi-RCT	2b	48	5	43	56 (6)	60 (8)	Yes	Yes	NS	NS
Stamm, et al. [34]	RCT	2b	40	5	35	61 (8)	60 (8)	Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Lefler and Armstrong [30]	RCT	2b Yes	19	2	17	82 (10)	82 (8)	NS	NS	NS	NS
Rogers and Wilder [33]	Crossover	2b	76	11	65	75 (7)	75 (7)	Yes	Yes	NS	NS
Field, et al. [27]	RCT	2b Yes	22	1	21	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS	NS
Dickens and Lewith [26]	RCT	1b	13	5	7	59 (9)	59.2 (6)	Yes	Yes	Yes	No

CMC, carpometacarpal; F, female; IP, interphalageal; LOE, level of evidence (Oxford); M, male; n, number; NS, not stated; OA, osteoarthritis; RCT, randomized controlled trial; SD, standard deviation.

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