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- Published on: 22 April 2022
- Published on: 22 April 2022Correspondence on ‘Exercise and education versus saline injections for knee osteoarthritis: a randomised controlled equivalence trial’ by Bandak et al.
Correspondence on ‘Exercise and education versus saline injections for knee osteoarthritis: a randomised controlled equivalence trial’ by Bandak et al.
Yang Li1, MD; Yiying Mai1, MD; Changhai Ding1, Prof; Zhaohua Zhu1,2, PhD
Author Affiliations:
1. Clinical Research Centre, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, 510280
2. Department of Joint and Orthopedics, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, 510280Corresponding Author: Zhaohua Zhu, PhD. Clinical Research Centre, Zhujiang Hospital, Southern Medical University. No.253 Industrial Avenue, Haizhu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China, 510280 (Email: zhaohua.zhu@utas.edu.au).
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We read with great interest the article by Bandak et al 1. The authors conducted an open-label, single centre randomised controlled trial involving 206 knee osteoarthritis (OA) patients in an attempt to discriminate the effect of exercise and education from a placebo control on joint symptoms. They reported that an 8-week exercise and education programme provided equivalent efficacies for improving OA symptoms and function to 4 intra-articular saline injections over 8 weeks. The findings question the recommendation of exercise and education as OA symptoms management strategies. However, we believe the effect of exercise and education cannot be negated, as some p...
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