Background. Combining different therapies, physical therapy agents, pharmacological and physical therapies,generally produces better outcomes for symptoms of knee osteoarthritis (OA) than do isolated therapies.
Aim. To demonstrate if horizontal therapy (HT) and aspiration alone and corticosteroid injection alone or in combination determine pain relief and functional improvement in a group of patients with knee OA complicated with Baker’s cyst (BC).
Design. We designed a randomized controlled trial (RCT).
Setting. Outpatients
Population. Sixty patients with a knee OA and diagnosis of BC conirmed by means of standard ultrasound evaluation.