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296: Dr Bradley Neal, Specialist Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist, Researcher & Lecturer; Patellofemoral Pain Best Practices (2021)

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The Importance of Orthosies in Kneecap Pain Rehab

The third mistake that people can make in trying to rehab kneecap pain use state is ignoring shoe inserts. The number needed to treat for orthosies is four it's really low right it's super low and then we look at Nat Collins follow-up work which was with a four-arm RCT sham orthosies or physio in isolation the Orthosies group did did better than the no care once again. There's a huge misnomer around orthosies in that they're passive and therefore we shouldn't use them but on paper,  they are just as effective as exercise.

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