Use of non-surgical treatments on the journey to knee replacement in patients with knee osteoarthritis: a 10-year population-based case–control study
Aim To investigate temporal trends in primary care visits, physiotherapy visits, dispensed non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and opioids in knee osteoarthritis (OA) patients who have and have not undergone knee replacement.Methods We analysed 5665 OA patients from the Skåne Healthcare R...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMJ Publishing Group
2023-07-01
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Series: | RMD Open |
Online Access: | https://rmdopen.bmj.com/content/9/3/e003422.full |