Journal article
In patients eligible for meniscal surgery who first receive physical therapy, multivariable prognostic models cannot predict who will eventually undergo surgery
Abstract
PURPOSE: Although physical therapy is the recommended treatment in patients over 45 years old with a degenerative meniscal tear, 24% still opt for meniscal surgery. The aim was to identify those patients with a degenerative meniscal tear who will undergo surgery following physical therapy.
METHODS: The data for this study were generated in the physical therapy arm of the ESCAPE trial, a randomized clinical trial investigating the effectiveness …
Authors
Noorduyn JCA; Teuwen MMH; van de Graaf VA; Willigenburg NW; Schavemaker M; van Dijk R; Scholten‐Peeters GGM; Heymans MW; Coppieters MW; Poolman RW
Journal
Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy, Vol. 30, No. 1, pp. 231–238
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
1 2022
DOI
10.1007/s00167-021-06468-0
ISSN
0942-2056