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Does acupuncture improve symptoms in patients with osteoarthritis who are awaiting knee replacement surgery?

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boxed-textWilliamson L et al. (2007) Severe knee osteoarthritis: a randomized controlled trial of acupuncture, physiotherapy (supervised exercise) and standard management for patients awaiting knee replacement. Rheumatology (Oxford) 46: 1445–1449

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