A Randomized Trial of Physical Therapy for Meniscal Tear and Knee Pain
For patients with degenerative meniscal tear and knee pain, the addition of physical therapy or text messages to encourage adherence to home exercises was not superior in reducing pain to a home-exercise program alone. (Funded by the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases and others; TeMPO ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT03059004.).
Authors
- Elizabeth G. Matzkin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8592-7187)
- Kaetlyn R. Arant (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8843-9223)
- James Sullivan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5853-1590)
- Courtney Dawson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1387-3842)
- Kim Louise Bennell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4982-5639)
- Zoe E. Zimmerman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8124-2682)
- Maame B. Opare-Addo
- Elena Losina (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3424-0892)
- John J. Leddy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0370-1289)
- Jamie L. Huizinga
- Peter Tonsoline
- Michael Freitas
- Jeffrey N. Katz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2104-4670)
- Clare E. Safran‐Norton
- James J. Irrgang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7529-2672)
- Leslie J. Bisson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2879-1310)
- Antonia F. Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2040-8188)
- Kurt P. Spindler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0185-6922)
- Derek Sople (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-7952-9983)
- Volker Musahl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8881-6212)
- Kelly Jordan
- Lutul D. Farrow (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2574-6733)
- Melissa A. Kluczynski (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3947-4222)
- Swastina Shrestha (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5649-7990)
- William M. Wind (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8072-820X)
- Scott D. Martin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1263-5014)
- Morgan H. Jones (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5466-0624)
- Bryson P. Lesniak (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6035-3612)
- Madhuri Kale
- Jamie E. Collins (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8413-007X)
- Heidi Y. Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9197-4534)
- Faith Selzer
Institutions
- Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- The University of Melbourne (AU)
- University of Pittsburgh (US)
- Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine (US)
- Massachusetts General Hospital (US)
- Jacobs (United States) (US)
- The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- New England Journal of Medicine
- Published
- 2025-10-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa2503385
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.02