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Systematic Reviews of Treatments for Arthritis
Follow the links below to find summaries of systematic reviews of the evidence for the effectiveness of treatments for arthritis.
Reviewed November 2011
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Systematic Reviews of Physiotherapy for Arthritis
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Links to systematic reviews of the evidence for the effectiveness of treating arthritis with physiotherapy.
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| Title: | Golimumab for rheumatoid arthritis |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | This summary of a Cochrane review presents what we know from research about the effect of biologics on rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The review shows that in people with rheumatoid arthritis; - Golimumab improves the number of tender or swollen joints an... |
| Date: | Nov 2009 |
| Title: | Joint lavage for osteoarthritis of the knee |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | This summary of a Cochrane review presents what we know from research about the effect of joint lavage for osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee. The review shows that in people with OA, joint lavage; - may not improve pain and function compared to a sham t... |
| Date: | Aug 2009 |
| Title: | Therapeutic ultrasound for osteoarthritis of the knee or hip |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | This summary of a Cochrane review presents what we know from research about the effect of therapeutic ultrasound on knee or hip osteoarthritis. The previous version of this review concluded that therapeutic ultrasound had no benefit over fake therapeuti... |
| Date: | Jul 2009 |
| Title: | Assistive technology for rheumatoid arthritis |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | This summary of a Cochrane review presents what we know from research about the effect of assistive technology in people with rheumatoid arthritis. Unfortunately, only one trial met the inclusion criteria for the review. The study deals with assistive t... |
| Date: | Jul 2009 |
| Title: | Systematic Reviews of Treatments for Osteoarthritis |
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| Publisher: | HealthInsite Topic Page |
| Description: | Links to systematic reviews of the evidence for the effectiveness of treatments for osteoarthritis. |
| Date: | Jul 2008 |
| Title: | Anakinra for rheumatoid arthritis |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | This summary of a Cochrane review presents what we know from research about the effect of Anakrina on rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The review shows that in people with RA, Taking Anakrina for 6 months may improve RA symptoms such as pain, function, an... |
| Date: | Feb 2008 |
| Title: | Dietary interventions for rheumatoid arthritis |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | A review of the effect of diets for people with rheumatoid arthritis was conducted by researchers in the Cochrane Collaboration. After searching for all relevant studies, they found 15 studies done by other researchers. Their findings are summarised... |
| Date: | Jan 2008 |
| Title: | Balneotherapy for rheumatoid arthritis |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | This summary of a Cochrane review presents what we know from research about the effect of Balneotherapy for Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA).The review shows that in people with RA: - Radon-carbon dioxin baths compared with carbon dioxin baths may not lead to... |
| Date: | Aug 2007 |
| Title: | Balneotherapy for osteoarthritis |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | This summary of a Cochrane review presents what we know from research about the effect of Balneotherapy (mineral baths) for Osteoarthritis (OA). The review shows that in people with OA: - Spending time in a mineral bath compared to no treatment may im... |
| Date: | Aug 2007 |
| Title: | Braces and orthoses for treating osteoarthritis of the knee |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | This summary of a Cochrane review presents what we know from research about the effect of braces and orthoses for osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee. The review shows that in people with OA of the knee : wearing a knee brace compared to no brace: increas... |
| Date: | May 2007 |
| Title: | Systematic Reviews of Treatments for Rheumatoid Arthritis |
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| Publisher: | HealthInsite Topic Page |
| Description: | Links to summaries of systematic reviews of the evidence for the effectiveness of treatments for rheumatoid arthritis |
| Date: | May 2007 |
| Title: | Acupuncture and electroacupuncture for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Does acupuncture work for treating rheumatoid arthritis? Two studies of low to medium quality were reviewed and provide the best evidence we have today. The studies tested 84 people who had rheumatoid arthritis. The studies compared acupuncture to a pl... |
| Date: | Aug 2005 |
| Title: | Low level laser therapy (Classes I, II and III) for treating rheumatoid arthritis |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Does low level laser therapy work for treating rheumatoid arthritis? Six studies of medium quality were reviewed and provide the best evidence we have today. Collectively, these studies tested over 220 people with rheumatoid arthritis. The studies compa... |
| Date: | Aug 2005 |
| Title: | Occupational therapy for rheumatoid arthritis |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Does occupational therapy help people with rheumatoid arthritis? To answer this question, scientists analysed 38 studies. The studies tested over 1700 people who had rheumatoid arthritis. People were either counseled, trained in skills or trained to mo... |
| Date: | Nov 2003 |
| Title: | Thermotherapy for treatment of osteoarthritis |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | To answer this topic, scientists found and analyzed three studies. Over 170 people with osteoarthritis continue to take their medications but used hot, cold or ice packs/towels with or without massage or no treatment. The studies were not of high qualit... |
| Date: | Aug 2003 |
| Title: | Therapeutic ultrasound for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis |
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| Publisher: | John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration |
| Description: | Ultrasound is one of the modalities often chosen by qualified health professionals for the symptomatic treatment of RA based on its anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects. This review of two randomized trials (RCTs) showed that continuous ultrasound ap... |
| Date: | Apr 2002 |
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