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OARSI recommendations for the management of hip and knee osteoarthritis, Part II: OARSI evidence-based, expert consensus guidelines

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Twenty-five carefully worded recommendations have been generated based on a critical appraisal of existing guidelines, a systematic review of research evidence and the consensus opinions of an international, multidisciplinary group of experts for the management of hip and knee osteoarthritis.
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This article is published in Osteoarthritis and Cartilage.The article was published on 2008-02-01 and is currently open access. It has received 2616 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Evidence-based medicine & Critical appraisal.

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Illness Experiences in Middle-Aged Adults with Early-Stage Knee Osteoarthritis

Mei-Hua Kao, +1 more
TL;DR: It is indicated that patients with osteoarthritis have insufficient knowledge related to disease process and they do not know how to cope effectively and need healthcare providers to supply them with adequate osteoartritis disease information.
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Will a single periarticular lidocaine–corticosteroid injection improve the clinical efficacy of intraarticular hyaluronic acid treatment of symptomatic knee osteoarthritis?

TL;DR: The combined treatment may lead to earlier pain relief compared with intraarticular hyaluronic acid alone in patients with knee osteoarthritis and can be considered a useful adjunctive treatment modality.
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Pre-operative preparation of patients for total knee replacement: an action research study

TL;DR: A structured pre-operative information and assessment clinic can be developed using a Social Cognitive Theory framework for the benefit of patients.
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Home Health Agency Characteristics and Quality Outcomes for Medicare Beneficiaries With Rehabilitation-Sensitive Conditions.

TL;DR: As payers continue to test and implement reimbursement mechanisms that seek to reward value over volume of services, greater attention should be paid to organizational factors that facilitate better coordinated, higher quality home health care for beneficiaries who may benefit from rehabilitation.
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Effectiveness of low-intensity pulsed ultrasound on osteoarthritis of the temporomandibular joint: A review

TL;DR: An overview of the status of LIPUS stimulation used to prevent the onset and progression of TMJ-OA and enhance the tissue regeneration of mandibular condylar cartilage is provided.
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Measuring inconsistency in meta-analyses

TL;DR: A new quantity is developed, I 2, which the authors believe gives a better measure of the consistency between trials in a meta-analysis, which is susceptible to the number of trials included in the meta- analysis.
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Bias in meta-analysis detected by a simple, graphical test

TL;DR: Funnel plots, plots of the trials' effect estimates against sample size, are skewed and asymmetrical in the presence of publication bias and other biases Funnel plot asymmetry, measured by regression analysis, predicts discordance of results when meta-analyses are compared with single large trials.
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Assessing the quality of reports of randomized clinical trials : is blinding necessary?

TL;DR: An instrument to assess the quality of reports of randomized clinical trials (RCTs) in pain research is described and its use to determine the effect of rater blinding on the assessments of quality is described.
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Grading quality of evidence and strength of recommendations.

TL;DR: A system for grading the quality of evidence and the strength of recommendations that can be applied across a wide range of interventions and contexts is developed, and a summary of the approach from the perspective of a guideline user is presented.
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Primary, Secondary, and Meta-Analysis of Research

TL;DR: The meta-analysis of research as discussed by the authors is an important feature of the research and evaluation enterprise, and it has been widely used in the field of computer science and computer engineering, especially in the context of education.
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