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Physiotherapy and Exercise as Effective for Osteoarthritic knee pain as arthroscopic surgery

Posted on September 11, 2008

A landmark study from the University of Western Ontario has found that one of the most common and widely performed knee operations is ineffective and doesn't provide significant benefits for osteoarthritis patients.A Randomized Trial of Arthroscopic Surgery for Osteoarthritis of the Knee (New England Journal or Medicine) News Stories:Therapy for arthritic knees often as effective as surgery: study (CBC Health News)Arthroscopic knee surgery ineffective: study (Globe and Mail)...

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exercise , osteoarthritis