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Nature Reviews Rheumatology 1, 16–17 (1 November 2005) | doi:10.1038/ncprheum0035

Knee osteoarthritis: does physiotherapy help?

David Felson

Bennell KL et al. (2005) Efficacy of physiotherapy management of knee joint osteoarthritis: a randomised, double blind, placebo controlled trial. Ann Rheum Dis 64: 906–912 Synopsis Background Physiotherapy is recommended by the American College of Rheumatology and the European League Against Rheumatism as a nonpharmacologic approach for treating knee osteoarthritis (OA).