Clinical and cost-effectiveness of bracing in symptomatic knee osteoarthritis management: protocol for a multicentre, primary care, randomised, parallel-group, superiority trial.

Melanie Ann HoldenMichael CallaghanDavid T FelsonFraser BirrellElaine NichollsSue JowettJ KigoziJohn McBethBelinda BorrelliClare JinksNadine E FosterKrysia DziedzicChristian MallenCarol IngramAlan SuttonSarah LawtonNicola HallidayLiz HartshorneHelen WilliamsRachel BrowellHannah HudsonMichelle MarshallGail SowdenDan HerronEvans AsamaneGeorge Peat

Published in: BMJ open (2021)

ISRCTN28555470.

Keyphrases

knee osteoarthritis
study protocol
clinical trial
primary care
randomized controlled trial
double blind
open label
phase iii
phase ii
placebo controlled
cross sectional