April 1, 2001Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research

The Increasing Need for Nonoperative Treatment of Patients With Osteoarthritis

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Population

Patients with osteoarthritis

Design

Review

Authors

JBJoseph A. BuckwalterUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill WSWilliam D. StanishDalhousie University RRRandy N. RosierUniversity of Rochester

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Implication

Supports expanding nonoperative OA care amid rising prevalence; leaves open identification of optimal strategies via prospective trials.

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Population

Patients with osteoarthritis

Intervention

Nonoperative treatment (including patient education, activity modification, shoe modifications, braces, oral analgesics, oral nonsteroidal antiinflammatory medications, oral dietary supplements, and intraarticular injections)

Highlights the growing need for orthopaedists to provide and improve nonoperative care for the increasing number of patients with osteoarthritis.

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Buckwalter et al. (2001) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8351dabe60e97fec18f9cf https://doi.org/10.1097/00003086-200104000-00008

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The Increasing Need for Nonoperative Treatment of Patients With Osteoarthritis

Discussion

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The Increasing Need for Nonoperative Treatment of Patients With Osteoarthritis

Discussion

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Implication

Structured PICO

Cite This Study

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