Letter to the editor: integrative approach to knee osteoarthritis management

Abhimanyu

doi:10.18203/issn.2455-4510.IntJResOrthop20252670

Authors

Abhimanyu SPARRC Institute, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/issn.2455-4510.IntJResOrthop20252670

Keywords:

Degenerative osteoarthritis, Anterior knee pain, Chronic pain, Physical therapy, Non operative

Abstract

The study provides compelling evidence supporting the synergistic benefit of combining physiotherapy with pharmacologic therapy for managing knee osteoarthritis (OA). The authors have appropriately highlighted that monotherapies-whether pharmacologic or rehabilitative-may offer limited benefit in comparison to a structured dual-modality approach.

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