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| Study | Study design | Number of Participants | Analyzed number of participants | Duration of KOA (yrs) | Age of the participants (mean ± SD) |
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| Ebnezar et al., 2012 [16] | RCT | Y/C = 125/125 | Y/C = 118/117 | <1 yr/1-2 yrs/>2 yrs = 121/79/50 | Y/C = 59.56 ± 9.54/59.42 ± 10.66 | 174/76 |
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| Ebnezar et al., 2012 [17] | RCT | Y/C = 125/125 | Y/C = 118/117 | <1 yr/1-2 yrs/>2 yrs = 121/79/50 | Y/C = 59.56 ± 8.18/59.42 ± 10.66 | 174/76 |
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| Ebnezar and Yogitha, 2012 [18] | RCT | Y/C = 125/125 | Y/C = 118/117 | Unclear | Y/C = 59.6 ± 8.2/59.4 ± 10.7 | Unclear |
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| Cheung et al., 2014 [19] | RCT | Y/C = 18/18 | Y/C = 18/18 | At least 6 months | Y/C = 71.9 ± 2.7/71.9 ± 3.1 | All females |
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| Kolasinski et al., 2005 [20] | Single group pre-post study | Y = 11 | Y = 7 | At least 6 months | Y = 58.6 ± 8.6 | All females |
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| Brenneman et al., 2015 [21] | Single group pre-post study | Y = 45 | Y = 39 | Unclear | Y = 60.3 ± 6.5 | All females |
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| Ebnezar et al., 2012 [22] | RCT | Y/C = 125/125 | Y/C = 118/117 | <1 yr/1-2 yrs/>2 yrs = 121/79/50 | Y/C = 59.6 ± 8.2/59.4 ± 10.7 | 174/76 |
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| Nambi and Shah, 2013 [23] | RCT | Y/C = 15/15 | Y/C = 15/15 | At least 6 months | Y/C = 52 ± 5/54 ± 4 | 13/17 |
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| Ghasemi et al., 2013 [24] | Quasi-RCT | Y/C = 15/15 | Y/C = 11/14 | Unclear | Y/C = 51 ± 8.9/53.11 ± 10.9 | All females |