Surgery versus physical therapy for meniscal tear and osteoarthritis.

What it found

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The trial behind it

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Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

1. A review of trauma and orthopaedic randomised clinical trials published in high-impact general medical journals.European journal of orthopaedic surgery & traumatology : orthopedie traumatologie · 2022
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2. A multicenter randomised, 1-year comparative effectiveness, parallel-group trial protocol of a physical therapy approach compared to corticosteroid injection on pain and function related to knee osteoarthritis (PTA Trial)BMJ open · 2016
   Trial
3. Stair-Climbing Training with Interferential Electrotherapy Improves Knee Muscle Strength, Dynamic Postural Stability, Pain Score, and Physical Activity in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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4. How to Improve Meniscal Repair through Biological Augmentation: A Narrative Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024
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5. Minimally Invasive Polarization Sensitive Optical Coherence Tomography (PS-OCT) for assessing Pre-OA, a pilot study on technical feasibility.Osteoarthritis and cartilage open · 2022
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6. Benefits of Meniscal Repair in Selected Patients Aged 60 Years and Older.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2022
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7. Degenerative Meniscus in Knee Osteoarthritis: From Pathology to Treatment.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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8. Partial meniscectomy provides the favorable outcomes for symptomatic medial meniscus tear with an intact posterior root.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2020
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9. Rates and Risk Factors of Revision Arthroscopy or Conversion to Total Knee Arthroplasty Within 1 Year Following Isolated Meniscectomy.Arthroscopy, sports medicine, and rehabilitation · 2020
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10. The menisci and articular cartilage: a life-long fascination.EFORT open reviews · 2020
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11. Knee Arthroscopic Surgery in Middle-Aged Patients With Meniscal Symptoms: A 5-Year Follow-up of a Prospective, Randomized Study.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2020
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12. Arthroscopic debridement of the degenerative knee - Is there still a role?Asia-Pacific journal of sports medicine, arthroscopy, rehabilitation and technology · 2019
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13. Pure intervention effect or effect in routine health care - blinded or non-blinded randomized controlled trial.BMC medical research methodology · 2018
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14. AN ALTERNATIVE APPROACH TO THE TREATMENT OF MENISCAL PATHOLOGIES: A CASE SERIES ANALYSIS OF THE MULLIGAN CONCEPT "SQUEEZE" TECHNIQUE.International journal of sports physical therapy · 2016
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15. Knee arthroscopies: who gets them, what does the radiologist report, and what does the surgeon find? An evaluation from southern Sweden.Acta orthopaedica · 2016
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16. The Role of Arthroscopic Partial Meniscectomy in the Management of Degenerative Meniscus Tears: A Review of the Recent Literature.The open orthopaedics journal · 2016
    Article
17. Meniscal Allograft Transplantation Does Not Prevent or Delay Progression of Knee Osteoarthritis.PloS one · 2016
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18. The feasibility of using irreversible electroporation to introduce pores in bacterial cellulose scaffolds for tissue engineering.Applied microbiology and biotechnology · 2015
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19. Human adipose-derived mesenchymal progenitor cells engraft into rabbit articular cartilage.International journal of molecular sciences · 2015
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20. Maximum subjective outcome improvement is reported by 3 Months following arthroscopic partial meniscectomy: A systematic review.Journal of orthopaedics
    Review

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