Motor Control Exercises Compared to Strengthening Exercises for Upper and Lower Extremity Musculoskeletal Disorders: A Systematic Review With Meta-Analyses of Randomized Controlled Trials.

CONCLUSIONS: MCE leads to statistically greater pain and disability reductions when compared to strengthening exercises among adults with MSKDs in the short term, but these effects might be clinically important only in conditions that do not involve osteoarthritis. Inclusion of new trials might modify these conclusions. IMPACT: These results suggest that MCE could be prioritized over strengthening exercises for adults with the included non-osteoarthritis MSKDs; however, results are unclear for OA disorders. PMID: 33609357 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Physical Therapy - Category: Physiotherapy Authors: Tags: Phys Ther Source Type: research