Table 1 Inclusion and exclusion criteria in the RCT of APM versus placebo surgery of degenerative meniscus tears
From: The challenge of recruiting patients into a placebo-controlled surgical trial
Inclusion criteria | |
|---|---|
1. | Knee pain > 2 months without significant trauma |
2. | MRI confirmed medial meniscus lesion |
3. | Age 35-55 |
4. | Eligible for outpatient surgery |
Exclusion criteria | |
1. | Need for acute surgery, i.e. locking knees, high energy trauma |
2. | Symptoms from other musculoskeletal disorder overriding symptoms of the knee |
3. | Grade 3 or 4 knee OA on the Kellgren- |
4. | Lawrence classification |
5. | Knee surgery within the last 2 years |
6. | BMI > 35 |
7. | Ischemic heart disease |
8. | Diabetic late complications |
9. | Thrombophilia |
10. | Pregnancy |
11. | Unable to speak Danish |
12 | Drug or alcohol abuse |