Table 2 Pre-specified list of exercises for the home exercise program
Knee extensor strengthening: Every program must include at least three of the following knee extensor strengthening exercises. | |||
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Knee extension | Non weight-bearing | Seated knee extension (with resistance) with 5 second hold | Variation: Use appropriate level of resistance band – red through to black or ankle cuff weight |
| Â | Non weight-bearing | Inner range quads over roll (with resistance) in supine with 5 second hold | Variation: Use appropriate level of ankle cuff weight |
Straight Leg Raise | Non weight-bearing | Straight Leg Raise in supine (with resistance) | Variations: Add 5 second hold |
| Â | Â | Â | Variation: Use appropriate level of ankle cuff weight |
| Â | Non weight-bearing | Straight Leg Raise in standing with resistance band at ankle | Variation: 5 second hold |
Resisted knee extension in standing | Weight-bearing | Resisted inner range knee extension in standing (resistance band around back of knee) | Variation: Increase weight taken on arthritis leg until standing on one leg to do the exercise |
Partial Squats | Weight-bearing | Partial wall squats with weight distributed bilaterally (feet approximately 30cm out from wall) | Variations: 5 second hold, more weight on arthritis leg |
Steps | Weight-bearing | Step-ups (affected leg on the step, control knee straightening, lower to start position by controlling knee bending) | Variations: step height, holding extra weight (in hands or backpack) |
|  | Weight-bearing | Forward touchdowns from a step (affected leg on the step, control knee bending to lightly tap floor in front with toes of non-affected leg, return to start by controlling knee straightening) | Variations: step height, holding extra weight (in hands or backpack), don’t touch down |
Sit-to-stand | Weight-bearing | Sit to stand from a standard height chair without using hands/arms | Variations: chair height, hover above the seat without touching down, more weight on arthritis leg |
Forward-backwards exercise (with knee bend) | Weight-bearing | Sliding (slide non-affected side foot along the floor to the front and then to the back, bend and straighten affected knee with control and neutral alignment) | Â |
| Â | Weight-bearing | Stepping (step non-affected side foot to the front and then to the back, bend and straighten affected knee with control and neutral alignment) | Â |
Hip abductor strengthening: Every program must include at least one of the following hip abductor strengthening exercises. | |||
Side-lying hip abduction | Non weight-bearing | Side-lying bent-leg hip abduction (clams) with resistance band around knees | Variation: Use appropriate level of resistance band – red through to black or ankle weight |
| Â | Non weight-bearing | Side leg raise (hip abduction) with resistance | Variation: Use appropriate level of ankle cuff weight |
| Â | Â | Â | Do not use if painful hip OA. |
Standing hip abduction | Non weight-bearing | Standing side leg side raises with resistance band | Variation: Use appropriate level of resistance band – red through to black or ankle weight |
|  | Weight-bearing | Wall push standing on arthritis leg (non-affected leg bent at hip and knee, push thigh against a wall to activate hip abductor muscles) | Variation: Increase arthritis leg knee bend to 30° |
Side stepping | Weight-bearing | Crab walk (side stepping) with resistance band around thighs or ankles | Â |
Hip abduction dips | Weight-bearing | Hip abductor dips (standing on affected leg, lower non-affected leg by frontal plane pelvic tilting) | Â |