Within six to twelve months, patients who had physical therapy alone showed similar improvement in functional status and pain as those who had undergone arthroscopic partial meniscectomy surgery.

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Instead, these challenges are likely being handled by a functional team member feeling the pain of limited technology ... or not being handled at all.

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"It's those people that are making all of these patients either pain-free or more functional and better, " he said.

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