Exercise or corticosteroids or both for managing knee OA? Dr Dan Rhon sheds light. Episode #435
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Dr. Dan Rhon (T: @danrhon) is an active researcher for the US Department of Defence, a consultant and assistant professor at both Duke (North Carolina) and Baylor (Texas) Universities. He attended a manual therapy clinical fellowship at Brooke Army Medical Center in Texas, is a fellow in the American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists (AAOMPT), and an orthopaedic clinical specialist (OCS). He completed a postdoc research fellowship through the University of Utah and has a strong research interest in the effectiveness of clinical care pathways for musculoskeletal disease, both at primary and specialty care levels, and the intersection of these two. He was recently part of the investigating team who published a study on the effects of corticosteroid vs physiotherapy for managing knee osteoarthritis, published by the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine. In this discussion with associate editor Paul Blazey (T: @blazey85), he focuses on the findings of the study and the implications for the effective management of one of the most prevalent conditions seen in MSK clinics across the world. References Deyle, GD., Allen, CS., Allison, SC., et al. Physical Therapy versus Glucocorticoid Injection for Osteoarthritis of the Knee. N Engl J Med 2020; 382:1420-1429 DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1905877 https://www-nejm-org.ezproxy.library.ubc.ca/doi/10.1056/NEJMoa1905877
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