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Wearing lateral wedge insoles reduces osteoarthritis knee pain

Publish date: April 30, 2018

 

REPORTING FROM OARSI 2018


The findings open the door to “stratified approaches to knee OA that may also offer us an avenue toward success in developing treatments,” he added.

The National Institute for Health Research, Arthritis Research U.K., and the National Institutes of Health sponsored the study. Dr. Felson had no disclosures.

SOURCE: Felson D et al. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2018:26(1):S17. Abstract 14.

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