Arthroscopic partial meniscectomy in middle-aged patients with mild or no knee osteoarthritis: A protocol for a double-blind, randomized sham-controlled multi-centre trial

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Volumn 14, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Hare, Kristoffer B ^a   Lohmander, L Stefan ^a,b   Christensen, Robin ^a,c   Roos, Ewa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; ISOMETRICS; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE INJURY AND OSTEOARTHRITIS OUTCOME SCORE; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MENISCECTOMY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHAM PROCEDURE; SHORT FORM 36; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ARTHRALGIA; ARTHROSCOPY; BIOMECHANICS; DENMARK; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE STRENGTH; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84874126890     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712474     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-14-71     Document Type: Article

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