Introduction: Injuries to the meniscus are very common injuries in the knee joint. They occur in all age groups and their treatment depends on both - the patient and the type of injury. Injured meniscus can be treated in the process of non-operative (physiotherapy or other forms of treatment) or operative treatment (meniscal repair, meniscal reconstruction, (partial) meniscectomy). Purpose: The purpose of the diploma work is review of the literature on the effectiveness of physiotherapy in the meniscal injury of knee joint. Methods: The literature search was carried out in the PubMed database with the selected key words. The studies have been selected based on inclusion and exclusion criteria. Results: Five studies have been included in the literature review, comparing non-operative and operative treatment of meniscus injuries. Four studies compared surgery with physiotherapy, one (to which two articles relate) compared surgery with placebo surgery. Discussion and conclusion: In all studies that are included in the diploma work, improvement of the patient’s condition with meniscus injury was proved – for those who have been treated in the process of non-operative treatment, as well for those that have been treated with operative process. Physiotherapy plays an important role in both forms of treatment. It has to be focused on reducing pain, swelling and inflammation, improvement of motion range, muscle strength and preservation of knee joint proprioception. The diploma work involved a small number of studies; therefore, we cannot carry out a decision which type of treatment is more appropriate.
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