JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association
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Meta Analysis
Lateral wedge insoles as a conservative treatment for pain in patients with medial knee osteoarthritis: a meta-analysis.
There is no consensus regarding the efficacy of lateral wedge insoles as a treatment for pain in medial knee osteoarthritis. ⋯ Although meta-analytic pooling of all studies showed a statistically significant association between use of lateral wedges and lower pain in medial knee osteoarthritis, restriction of studies to those using a neutral insole comparator did not show a significant or clinically important association. These findings do not support the use of lateral wedges for this indication.