Archive for November, 2013
Clinical Diagnosis of Meniscal Tears in the Knee – Research Evidence
Hi all. This post continues on with the theme relating to the “usefulness” of clinical tests. The time the topic of this post is “Clinical Diagnosis of Meniscal Tears in the Knee – Research Evidence”. Once again this post throws values around for sensitivity, specificity, LR’s etc. So here is some information from a previous […]
Surgery for Shoulder Impingement
Is surgery for shoulder impingement of help to patients? I have no doubt that it helps some patients, but what is the evidence in regards to surgery versus conservative rehabilitation? The following literature caught my eye recently: Ketola et al (2013) A five-year randomised controlled trial examining the effectiveness of arthroscopic acromioplasty in the treatment of stage […]
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