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C. Minns Lowe et al.
for the non-surgical management of idiopathic FS.
An intra-articular corticosteroid injection supported
by a home exercise programme may be of benefit for
those with symptoms of less than 6 months. In addi-
tion, there may be some benefit for including manual
therapy and stretching, but due to the high number of
treatments required and the uncertainty of achieving
clinically meaningful differences, the inclusion of these
interventions, must be considered cautiously.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The expertise and assistance of librarian Tatjana Petrinic in
developing and undertaking the searches for this review is
gratefully acknowledged.
The Health Foundation (http://www.health.org.uk/) is grate-
fully acknowledged for providing a research grant to support
this review.
The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.
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