PURPOSE: To develop concise, patient-focussed, up to date, evidence-based, expert
consensus recommendations for the management of hip and knee osteoarthritis (OA), which are …

Low back pain is a very common symptom. It occurs in high-income, middle-income, and low-income
countries and all age groups from children to the elderly population. Globally, years …

OBJECTIVE: To update evidence for available therapies in the treatment of hip and knee
osteoarthritis (OA) and to examine whether research evidence has changed from 31 January …

BACKGROUND Osteoarthritis is the single most common cause of disability in older adults,
and most patients with the condition will be managed in the community and primary care. …

Many clinical practice guidelines recommend similar approaches for the assessment and
management of low back pain. Recommendations include use of a biopsychosocial framework …

… von Korff M, Jensen MP, Karoly P. Assessing global pain severity by self-report in clinical …
Hagg O, Fritzell P, Nordwall A. The clinical importance of changes in outcome scores after …

PURPOSE: As a prelude to developing updated, evidence-based, international consensus
recommendations for the management of hip and knee osteoarthritis (OA), the Osteoarthritis …

Objectives There is little consensus regarding the burden of pain in the UK. The purpose of
this review was to synthesise existing data on the prevalence of various chronic pain …

Low back pain is the leading worldwide cause of years lost to disability and its burden is
growing alongside the increasing and ageing population. Because these population shifts are …

Study Design. An international group of back pain researchers considered recommendations
for standardized measures in clinical outcomes research in patients with back pain. …