For this study, Fleckenstein and colleagues identified patients ages 40 to 90 who were diagnosed with moderate to severe knee osteoarthritis (Kellgren-Lawrence grade 2 to 4) that didn't respond to ...

Patients with previous knee surgery, bilateral meniscal tears, inflammatory arthritis or severe OA (Kellgren–Lawrence grade 4) were excluded. Patients were randomly allocated to either arthroscopic ...

Osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee is a progressive disease that ultimately damages the entire joint. Knee OA should initially be treated conservatively, but surgery should be considered if symptoms ...

Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a chronic degenerative joint disease ... 39% grade 2; 40% grade 3; 12% grade 4). Finally, sample sizes ranged from a minimum of 10 to a maximum of 73 participants. Quality ...