Manual Therapy vs Exercise Therapy - Teach Me Physio

Here is a summarised research article comparing the effectiveness of manual therapy vs exercise therapy when it comes to treating knees with osteoarthritis.

 

Manual therapy more effective than exercise therapy in osteoarthritis knees infographic
54 patients with mild to moderate osteoarthritis knees were randomly divided into 2 groups factsheet
Manual therapy treatment consisted of tibofemoral and patellofemoral accessory mobilisations research article
Exercise therapy involved stretching and strengthening exercises information
Womac index score used for pain, stiffness and physical function
manual therapy group had significantly greater improvements in all 3 outcomes physiotherapy infographic
Us a combination of approached for best pain relief for your patient