Does Aquatic Exercise Relieve Pain in Adults With Neurologic or Musculoskeletal Disease? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials Jane Hall, PhD, MPhil, MCSP, Annette Swinkels, PhD, MCSP, Jason Briddon, MA, MCLIP, Candida S. McCabe, PhD, RGN Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Volume 89, Issue 5, Pages 873-883 (May 2008) DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2007.09.054 Copyright © 2008 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Trial flow. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2008 89, 873-883DOI: (10.1016/j.apmr.2007.09.054) Copyright © 2008 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Meta-analysis of trials with moderate to low risk of bias. (A) Aquatic exercise versus no-treatment control group. (B) Aquatic exercise versus land-based exercise. The forest plots show the differences between aquatic exercise and no-treatment control groups and land exercise. Included are the means ± SD for each group, sample size, SMD, 95% CIs and the weighting for each study, and the combined results. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation 2008 89, 873-883DOI: (10.1016/j.apmr.2007.09.054) Copyright © 2008 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Terms and Conditions