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Enhanced pharmacy review and community physiotherapy for knee pain in elderly patients

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boxed-textHay EM et al. (2006) Effectiveness of community physiotherapy and enhanced pharmacy review for knee pain in people aged over 55 presenting to primary care: pragmatic randomised trial. BMJ 333: 995

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