Can a Targeted Pre-Exercise Education Intervention Enhance the Exercise-Induced Hypoalgesia (EIH) Response in Individuals With Knee Osteoarthritis (OA)?

Int J Rheum Dis · 2026 · PMC12972853 · PMID 41804569

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In contrast, while the change in OA‐related knowledge and beliefs assessed by the KOAKS questionnaire favored the positive education group with a very small effect, this did not reach statistical significance (mean difference = 1, 95% CI [−1, 3], p = 0.34, d = 0.15).

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