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Volume 2, Issue 8 , Pages 723-731 , August 2010

Effectiveness of Aquatic Exercise for Obese Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis: A Randomized Controlled Trial

  • Jae-Young Lim, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Rehabilitation, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital 300, Gumi-dong, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do 463-707, Republic of Korea†
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: J.-Y.L.
    • ,
  • Esther Tchai, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Science, Seoul National University Institute of Aging, Seoul, Korea‡
    • ,
  • Soong-Nang Jang, RN, MPH, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Society, Human Development and Health, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA§

Received 30 January 2010 ,Accepted 8 April 2010.

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 This study was supported by a grant from Health Promotion Fund 2005, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Republic of Korea.

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PII: S1934-1482(10)00324-2

doi: 10.1016/j.pmrj.2010.04.004

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