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A two-group, randomized, controlled trial was conducted in a single center at the Lourdes Wellness Center, Collingswood, NJ, between September 2009 and December 2009. The Institutional Review Board of Lourdes Medical Center granted full approval of the study’s protocol, recruitment materials, and consent form. All participants provided written informed consent, acknowledge the receipt of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability (HIPPA) forms, and written diagnosis of knee OA by their health care provider before participating in the study. The intervention group continued usual care and performed a supervised self-massage intervention therapy twice weekly for eight weeks. This was followed by unsupervised self-massage intervention therapy twice weekly at home for three weeks, after which participants returned for a supervised visit on the twelfth week. The control group continued usual care only, returned for assessments at four-week intervals, and received optional dates at which times they would receive the knee self-massage training
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