Reductions in pain not linked to synovitis with brace in knee OA

SEATTLE – Patellofemoral joint brace therapy reduced pain in patients with osteoarthritis but did not reduce synovitis as seen on MRI, according to recently presented study findings. Researchers included 126 patients between the ages of 40 years and 70 years with patellofemoral joint osteoarthritis (OA) in the randomized, clinical trial. Sixty-three of the patients were randomly assigned to treatment with a brace in the affected knee and 63 were randomly assigned to treatment without a brace during the 6-week trial.