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.

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Title:   Systematic Reviews of Treatments for Osteoarthritis
Publisher:   HealthInsite Topic Page
Description:   Links to systematic reviews of the evidence for the effectiveness of treatments for osteoarthritis.
Date:   Jul 2008

Title:   Balneotherapy for osteoarthritis
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:...
Date:   Aug 2007

Title:   Systematic Reviews of Treatments for Rheumatoid Arthritis
Publisher:   HealthInsite Topic Page
Description:   Links to 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
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   What causes shoulder pain and how can acupuncture help?Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a disease in which the body's immune system attacks its own healthy tissues. The attack happens mostly in the joints of the hands and feet and causes redness, pain, swel...
Date:   Aug 2005

Title:   Low level laser therapy (Classes I, II and III) for treating rheumatoid arthritis
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   What is rheumatoid arthritis and low level laser therapy?Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a disease in which the body's immune system attacks its own healthy tissues. The attack happens mostly in the joints of the hands and feet and causes redness, pain, sw...
Date:   Aug 2005

Title:   Braces and orthoses for treating osteoarthritis of the knee
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   What is osteoarthritis and how could braces and orthoses help? Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common form of arthritis that can affect the hands, hips, shoulders and knees. In OA, the cartilage that protects the ends of the bones breaks down and causes...
Date:   Nov 2004

Title:   Occupational therapy for rheumatoid arthritis
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   What is occupational therapy and how could it help rheumatoid arthritis?Rheumatoid arthritis is a disease in which the body's immune system attacks its own healthy tissues. The attack happens mostly in the joints of the feet and hands and causes redness...
Date:   Nov 2003

Title:   Balneotherapy for rheumatoid arthritis
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 an...
Date:   Aug 2003

Title:   Thermotherapy for treatment of osteoarthritis
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   To answer this question, 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 qua...
Date:   Aug 2003

Title:   Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis in the hand
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   There are three main therapeutic methods of administrating TENS. Conventional TENS (C-TENS) is given at a high stimulation frequency with low intensity. While pain relief is almost immediate, it generally dissipates as soon as the TENS is turned off. A ...
Date:   Feb 2003

Title:   Therapeutic ultrasound for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis
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

Title:   Electrical stimulation for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Electrical stimulation (ES) is one of the intervention techniques that is available for the management of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Specifically, ES is used to improve muscle performance, maintaining or enhancing the muscle strength and e...
Date:   Feb 2002

Title:   Electromagnetic fields for the treatment of osteoarthritis
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Pulsed electric stimulation as a treatment for osteoarthritis has appeared promising since the stimulation of cartilage growth was recorded at the cellular level; its growing popularity has now called for evaluation of its effectiveness. The literature ...
Date:   Oct 2001

Title:   Therapeutic ultrasound for osteoarthritis of the knee
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Therapeutic ultrasound is a physical therapy that can be used as part of an overall rehabilitation program for musculoskeletal disorders such as OA. This review compared ultrasound to placebo or active therapy (galvanic current or short wave diathermy)....
Date:   May 2001

Title:   Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation for knee osteoarthritis
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) is a non-invasive modality with very few adverse effects that is used in physiotherapy for control of pain. Seven studies using TENS in people with knee osteoarthritis (OA) were identified for this revi...
Date:   Aug 2000
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