OARSI recommendations for the management of hip and knee osteoarthritis, part I: critical appraisal of existing treatment guidelines and systematic review of current research evidence.

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PURPOSE: As a prelude to developing updated, evidence-based, international consensus recommendations for the management of hip and knee osteoarthritis (OA), the Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) Treatment Guidelines Committee undertook a critical appraisal of published guidelines and a systematic review (SR) of more recent evidence for relevant therapies. METHODS: Sixteen experts from four medical disciplines (primary care two, rheumatology 11, orthopaedics one and evidenc...

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Authors: Zhang, W; Moskowitz, R; Nuki, G; Abramson, S; Altman, R

• Journal: Osteoarthritis and cartilage / OARS, Osteoarthritis Research Society
• Volume: 15
• Issue: 9
• Pages: 981-1000
• Publication date: 2007-09-01
• DOI: 10.1016/j.joca.2007.06.014
• EISSN: 1522-9653
• ISSN: 1063-4584
• Language: English
• Keywords: Humans; Delphi Technique; Treatment Outcome; Osteoarthritis, Hip; Cost-Benefit Analysis; Practice Guidelines as Topic; Evidence-Based Medicine; Exercise Therapy; Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal; Consensus; Osteoarthritis, Knee; Databases, Bibliographic