A new device for assessment and training the human balance and coordination: Marmara Balance and Education System (MarBES).

Background: Balance and coordination are important for performing activities of daily living. Balance and coordination assessment and training are used by physiotherapists in many different rehabilitation areas. Marmara Balance and Education System (MarBES) is a device developed to evaluate and improve balance and coordination.

Variability in effect sizes of exercise therapy for knee osteoarthritis depending on comparator interventions.

Background: Systematic reviews of exercise therapy for knee osteoarthritis (OA) have largely ignored the variability in comparator interventions.

Objective: To assess how effect estimates of exercise therapy for knee OA as reported in randomized controlled trials vary depending on the comparator interventions.

Methods: We followed the Cochrane Handbook and PRISMA guidance to conduct and report this meta-epidemiological study.