Michiel M A van Buuren, Noortje S Riedstra, Myrthe A van den Berg, Fleur D E M Boel, Harbeer Ahedi, Vahid Arbabi, Nigel K Arden, Sita M A Bierma-Zeinstra, Cindy G Boer, Flavia Cicuttini, Timothy F Cootes, Kay Crossley, David Felson, Willem Paul Gielis, Joshua Heerey, Graeme Jones, Stefan Kluzek, Nancy E Lane, Claudia Lindner, John A Lynch, J Van Meurs, Andrea B Mosler, Amanda E Nelson, M Nevitt, Edwin Oei, Jos Runhaar, Jinchi Tang, Harrie Weinans, Rintje Agricola
PURPOSE: Hip osteoarthritis (OA) is a major cause of pain and disability worldwide. Lack of effective therapies may reflect poor knowledge on its aetiology and risk factors, and result in the management of end-stage hip OA with costly joint replacement. The Worldwide Collaboration on OsteoArthritis prediCtion for the Hip (World COACH) consortium was established to pool and harmonise individual participant data from prospective cohort studies. The consortium aims to better understand determinants and risk factors for the development and progression of hip OA, to optimise and automate methods for (imaging) analysis, and to develop a personalised prediction model for hip OA...
April 18, 2024: BMJ Open