São Paulo medical journal = Revista paulista de medicina
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study
Sensory-motor training versus resistance training among patients with knee osteoarthritis: randomized single-blind controlled trial.
Osteoarthritis of the knee is defined as a progressive disease of the synovial joints and is characterized by failure of joint damage repair. The objective here was to compare the effectiveness of sensory-motor training versus resistance training among patients with knee osteoarthritis. ⋯ Resistance training and sensory motor training for the lower limbs among patients with knee osteoarthritis seemed to present similar effects on pain and function. However, because there was a considerable risk of type 2 error, further randomized clinical trials are still needed to provide a sound conclusion.