Objective To assess criteria and psychometric properties of instruments for assessing
appropriateness of elective joint arthroplasty (JA) for adults with primary hip and knee osteoarthritis …

… Lissa Pacheco-Brousseau and Qian Zhang made substantial contributions to the manuscript
by appraising the resources (data acquisition) and reviewing it critically for important …

… Lissa Pacheco-Brousseau, Stéphane Poitras, Sarah Ben Amor, François Desmeules and …
and Lissa Pacheco-Brousseau wrote the protocol. Lissa Pacheco-Brousseau recruited and …

… However, current TKA/PKA patient decision aids are not optimal for adults with knee
osteoarthritis considering these surgeries because they are outdated, based on low‐quality …

Background. Around 25-45% of elective total joint arthroplasty (TJA) for primary hip and
knee osteoarthritis (OA) are of questionable appropriateness. -- Objective. To examine how …

Objective To describe primary care provider (PCP) practices for the assessment and
management of females with urinary incontinence (UI), and appraise these practices relative to …

Background There are conflicting results on the effect of preoperative exercise programs on
long-term function and little evidence on short-term function. The aim is to assess the …

Objective To conduct a theory analysis of shared decision-making (SDM) conceptual models
relevant to physiotherapy (PT) to help understand theoretical foundations of SDM for the PT …

The association between preoperative pain catastrophizing and postoperative patient-reported
outcome measures of patients with pre-arthritic hip disease was evaluated. All patients …

Studies have examined the relationship between physician empathy and patient experience,
but few have explored it in surgeons. The purpose of this study was to report on orthopedic …