[Conservative Therapy of Knee Osteoarthritis]

Many highly effective measures as well as orthopaedic aids are available for the conservative therapy of knee osteoarthritis. When appropriately implemented for the stage of the disease,they can clearly alleviate the patient's symptoms. However, physiotherapy, physical therapy, balneotherapy and the usual conservative treatment options are not capable of stopping the progression of knee osteoarthritis. Other conservative therapeutic options such as magnetic field therapy, pulse signal therapy, radiotherapy, radiosynoviorthesis, acupuncture and drug therapies improve symptoms to different extents. For this reason, their application should always be critically evaluated.