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Among working adults with distal arm pain, 43 percent of those advised to remain active were free from disability.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“43% of those advised to remain active were free from disability, as compared with 37% of those advised to rest.”
Advice to remain active with arm pain reduces disability, Walker-Bone K et al., Occupational Medicine, 2023, Results.
Open the original- What it measures
- The ARM trial recruited adults referred for physiotherapy for distal arm pain.
- What it does not show
- This is a secondary analysis of workers, not a trial designed for them alone. Physiotherapy was not part of the advice-to-rest and remain-active arms.