Is exercise adherence associated with clinical outcomes in patients with advanced heart failure?
There is limited research to support the effect of exercise adherence on clinical outcomes in patients with heart failure (HF). This secondary analysis was conducted on the intervention arm of an exercise training study in patients with HF to assess whether adherence and the dose of treatment exposure were associated with clinical outcomes, functional performance [...]
Behavioural graded activity results in better exercise adherence and more physical activity than usual care in people with osteoarthritis: a cluster-randomised trial.
Question: Does behavioural graded activity result in better exercise adherence and more physical activity than usual care in people with osteoarthritis of the hip or knee? Design: Analysis of secondary outcomes of a cluster-randomised trial with concealed allocation, assessor blinding, and intention-to-treat analysis. Participants: Two hundred patients with hip and/or knee osteoarthritis. Intervention: Experimental group [...]
dherence to Clinical Practice Guidelines for Low Back Pain in Physical Therapy: Do Patients Benefit?
Various guidelines for the management of low back pain have been developed to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of care. Evidence that guideline-adherent care results in better health outcomes, however, is not conclusive. The main objective of this study was to assess whether a higher percentage of adherence to the Dutch physical and manual therapy [...]
Does commitment to rehabilitation influence the clinical outcome of total hip resurfacing arthroplasty?
The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether compliance and rehabilitative efforts were predictors of early clinical outcome of total hip resurfacing arthroplasty.A cross-sectional survey was utilized to collect information from 147 resurfacing patients, who were operated on by a single surgeon, regarding their level of commitment to rehabilitation following surgery. Patients were followed [...]
Interventions to improve adherence to exercise for chronic musculoskeletal pain in adults.
The objective of this review was to assess the effects of interventions to improve adherence to exercise and physical activity for people with chronic musculoskeletal pain. 42 trials with 8243 participants, mainly with osteoarthritis and spinal pain were included. Methods used for improving and measuring adherence in the included trials were inconsistent. Two of the [...]
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