Thursday, September 23, 2021

Physiotherapists And Knee Osteoarthritis

How consistent are physiotherapists in the advice they give to knee osteoarthritis patients?  It could be better, it seems.  The important message from the linked paper's abstract: 

Quality indicator compliance less than 50% was found for: education on the importance of weight loss, providing self-management strategies, spreading treatment session over longer periods and regular evaluations of the exercise therapy.

Less than 50% give advice for weight loss!  Shouldn't that be one of the first things one would say, given how many people in Belgium, where this study was conducted, are overweight?