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Exercise therapy versus arthroscopic partial meniscectomy for degenerative meniscal tear in middle aged patients: randomised controlled trial with two year follow-up

BMJ 2016; 354 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.i3740 (Published 20 July 2016) Cite this as: BMJ 2016;354:i3740

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