93: Expectations and Manual Therapy Outcomes in Knee Osteoarthritis

This episode dissects an article that investigated whether a patient’s pre-treatment expectations influence the success of manual therapy for reducing knee osteoarthritis pain. By pooling data from two randomized trials involving 375 participants, researchers compared the outcomes of combined exercise and manual therapy against exercise alone.Caya R, Gayed M, Wilson R, et al. Do treatment expectations moderate the effect of manual therapy in people with knee osteoarthritis? A secondary analysis of randomised clinical trials. JOSPT Open. Advance publication. doi:10.2519/josptopen.2026.0180Follow Dr. Anthony Novello, PT, DPT⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@anthonynovello.dpt⁠⁠