Surgery versus physical therapy for a meniscal tear and osteoarthritis

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 368, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 1675-1684

  Katz, Jeffrey N ^a   Brophy, Robert H ^c   Chaisson, Christine E ^b   De Chaves, Leigh ^a   Cole, Brian J ^d   Dahm, Diane L ^e   Donnell Fink, Laurel A ^a   Guermazi, Ali ^b   Haas, Amanda K ^c   Jones, Morgan H ^f   Levy, Bruce A ^e   Mandl, Lisa A ^g   Martin, Scott D ^a   Marx, Robert G ^g   Miniaci, Anthony ^f   Matava, Matthew J ^c   Palmisano, Joseph ^b   Reinke, Emily K ^h   Richardson, Brian E ^h   Rome, Benjamin N ^a   Safran Norton, Clare E ^a   Skoniecki, Debra J ^a   Solomon, Daniel H ^a   Smith, Matthew V ^c   Spindler, Kurt P ^h   Stuart, Michael J ^e   Wright, John ^a   Wright, Rick W ^c   Losina, Elena ^a   more..

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d RUSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^f LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY   (United States)

^h VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTHROSCOPIC PARTIAL MENISCECTOMY; ARTICLE; BURSITIS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAINTNESS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPOXEMIA; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENISCECTOMY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SUDDEN DEATH; TENDINITIS; WESTERN ONTARIO AND MCMASTER UNIVERSITIES OSTEOARTHRITIS INDEX;

EID: 84876480075     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1301408     Document Type: Article

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