Stratified exercise therapy compared with usual care by physical therapists in patients with knee osteoarthritis: A randomized controlled trial protocol (OCTOPuS study).
Jesper Knoop, Joost Dekker, Marike van der Leeden, Mariëtte de Rooij, Wilfred F H Peter, Leti van Bodegom-Vos, Johanna M van Dongen, Nique Lopuhäa, Kim L Bennell, Willem F Lems, Martin van der Esch, Thea P M Vliet Vlieland, Raymond W J G Ostelo
PMID 31778291WHAT IT FOUND
No results are reported yet.
This protocol describes a planned trial of stratified exercise therapy for knee osteoarthritis, so it does not change current care.
What this paper is
This is a randomized controlled trial protocol for the OCTOPuS study. It describes planned methods for comparing stratified exercise therapy by physical therapists with usual care in primary care patients with knee osteoarthritis. It reports no trial results, so there is no finding to act on.
The easy way to misread this
Do not assume stratified exercise therapy has already been shown to reduce knee pain or improve function. This paper is a protocol and reports no trial results.