Physical Therapy After Arthroscopic Partial Meniscectomy: Is It Effective?
- 1 April 2003
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews
- Vol. 31 (2) , 85-90
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00003677-200304000-00006
Abstract
GOODWIN, P. C., and M. C. MORRISSEY. Physical therapy after arthroscopic partial meniscectomy: Is it effective? Exerc. Sport Sci. Rev., Vol. 31, No. 2, pp. 85–90, 2003. Controversy in the literature has prompted clinicians to question the effectiveness of physical therapy after knee arthroscopic partial meniscectomy. Studies reviewed in this paper show there is little evidence that formal physical therapy is necessary to return patients to their normal activities of daily living, when compared with not receiving this care.Keywords
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