Characteristics of participants in water exercise programs compared to patients seen in a rheumatic disease clinic.
Arthritis Care Res
; 7(2): 85-9, 1994 Jun.
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| ID: mdl-7857998
PURPOSE: To determine if community-based water exercise programs are serving people with significant levels of disability and pain. METHODS: Eighty-seven participants in water exercise classes and 174 patients from a rheumatic disease clinic were matched for age, sex, and diagnosis and comparisons were made between the groups for the study variables. RESULTS: Patients had significantly higher disability, pain, global disease severity, anxiety, and depression and lower grip strength than participants. Osteoarthritis (OA) patients (n = 126) compared to OA participants (n = 63) had similar significant differences for all variables. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients' (n = 48) scores were all more severe than RA participants' scores (n = 24), and these differences were similar in magnitude to OA differences, but only global disease severity and grip strength were statistically significantly different. CONCLUSIONS: Water exercise classes are reaching persons with important levels of dysfunction and pain, but more severely affected patients are underrepresented in such programs.
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Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Osteoartritis
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Artritis Reumatoide
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Agua
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Terapia por Ejercicio
Tipo de estudio:
Clinical_trials
Límite:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Arthritis Care Res
Asunto de la revista:
ENFERMAGEM
Año:
1994
Tipo del documento:
Article
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos