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Education Produces Lasting Improvement
- Education alone produced large, lasting improvements in knee osteoarthritis over five years.
- The full 'MEDIC' kitchen-sink program performed similarly to simple written advice on average.
Similar Long-Term Outcomes Across Paths
- About 30–34% of participants underwent total knee replacement within five years.
- Both surgical and non-surgical groups improved similarly in patient-reported outcomes.
Read Graphs Carefully For Hidden Trends
- Graphs and axis choices can mislead interpretation; always check scales and confidence intervals.
- Visual trends may hint at future divergence even when statistical differences are absent at five years.