An algorithm recommendation for the management of knee osteoarthritis in Europe and internationally: a report from a task force of the European Society for Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis (ESCEO).

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Abstract

Existing practice guidelines for osteoarthritis (OA) analyze the evidence behind each proposed treatment but do not prioritize the interventions in a given sequence. The objective was to develop a treatment algorithm recommendation that is easier to interpret for the prescribing physician based on the available evidence and that is applicable in Europe and internationally. The knee was used as the model OA joint.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Semin. Arthritis Rheum.

Title: Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism

ISSN (Electronic): 1532-866X

ISSN (Print): 0049-0172

Publication date (Electronic): Dec 2014

Volume: 44

Issue: 3

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[1 ] Support Unit in Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Public Health, Epidemiology and Health Economics, University of Liège, CHU Sart Tilman, 4000 Liège, Belgium. Electronic address: olivier.bruyere@ulg.ac.be.

[2 ] MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK; NIHR Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.

[3 ] Osteoarthritis Research Unit, University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM), Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

[4 ] CEDOC, Department of Rheumatology, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa/CHLO, EPE-Hospital Egas Moniz, Lisbon, Portugal.

[5 ] Department of Internal Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.

[6 ] Université de Lorraine, Université Paris Descartes, Nancy, France.

[7 ] Division of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, Department of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, Baltimore, MD; Health Care System, Baltimore, MD.

[8 ] WHO Collaborating Centre for Metabolic Bone Diseases, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.

[9 ] Department of Rheumatology, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway.

[10 ] Service of Bone Diseases, Geneva University Hospitals and Faculty of Medicine, Geneva, Switzerland.

[11 ] Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA; OMC Clinical Research Center, Beverly Hills, CA.

[12 ] Support Unit in Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Public Health, Epidemiology and Health Economics, University of Liège, CHU Sart Tilman, 4000 Liège, Belgium.

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Publisher Item ID: S0049-0172(14)00108-5

DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2014.05.014

PubMed ID: 24953861

SO-VID: b19543b3-c840-4c3b-89a3-a793a89582ca

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Keywords: Algorithm,Knee osteoarthritis

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Keywords: Algorithm, Knee osteoarthritis

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