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The arthroscopie of the knee would not prove to be more efficient than physiotherapy combined to the hold of anti-inflammatory, to relieve the pains of the osteopathic of the knee, nor to improve the working of the joint.

It is what of the Canadian researchers who led a survey by 188 adults suffering from osteopathic of the moderate intensity knee to elevated, to lead their, conclude.

All participants have been assigned to a program of physiotherapy, combined to anti-inflammatory. Half among them has been chosen at random to undergo an arthroscopie of the knee

During two years, all have been followed in order to measure the efficiency of their respective treatment. However, at the end of the follow-up, the reduction of the symptoms of the osteopathic was similar within the two groups, all as the improvement discerned of the articular working.

More precisely, after two years, the patients treated in surgery displayed a middle result of 874 on a scale of measure of the symptoms named WOMAC2, that varies between 0 and 2 400. Among the other patients, he/it was of 897. a non meaningful difference, according to the researchers.

According to the main researcher, the Dr Brian Fagan, these results confirm those gotten in the setting of a similar survey, led to the United States and published has six years.

" Our results throw into question the recourse - very widespread - of the arthroscopie to treat the osteopathic of the knee", he/it concludes.

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