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Men and women aged 50 years or older who possessed no limitations that prevented mobility of the knee and had a written diagnosis of OA of the knee were recruited during August and September 2009.Recruitment was accomplished through Lourdes Wellness Center’s Fall Program Guide, a mass email mailing, and advertisements in local newspapers and on radio. Individuals were screened by telephone for the following inclusion criteria: knee pain, pain on most days of the prior month, age 50 or greater, morning stiffness lasting less than 30 minutes, crepitus on motion, and bony enlargement at affected joints(16). Additional criteria included willingness to attend 75% of scheduled self-massage sessions, agreement to practice no new exercise or stretching program, and commitment to receiving no other massage therapy during the study. Those accepted were contacted by the researcher who conducted further screening to exclude persons who had active rheumatoid arthritis or other serious medical conditions, or who had received an intra-articular knee injection of a steroid within the previous three months or a surgical procedure on either lower extremity within the past six months.
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