T E McAlindon, R R Bannuru, M C Sullivan, N K Arden, F Berenbaum, S M Bierma-Zeinstra, G A Hawker, Y Henrotin, D J Hunter, H Kawaguchi, K Kwoh, S Lohmander, F Rannou, E M Roos, M Underwood
OBJECTIVE: To develop concise, up-to-date, patient-focused, evidence-based, expert consensus guidelines for the management of knee osteoarthritis (OA), intended to inform patients, physicians, and allied healthcare professionals worldwide. METHOD: Thirteen experts from relevant medical disciplines (primary care, rheumatology, orthopedics, physical therapy, physical medicine and rehabilitation, and evidence-based medicine), three continents and ten countries (USA, UK, France, Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, Denmark, Australia, Japan, and Canada) and a patient representative comprised the Osteoarthritis Guidelines Development Group (OAGDG)...
March 2014: Osteoarthritis and Cartilage