Guideline for the management of knee and hip osteoarthritis
Recommendations
Last revised: 01 Jul 2018
We are unable to recommend either for or against the use of MSM for people with knee and/or hip OA.
Conditional (neutral) recommendation
Very low
We do not recommend offering arthroscopic, lavage and debridement, meniscectomy and cartilage repair for people with knee osteoarthritis (OA) unless the person also has mechanical symptoms of a clinically locked knee as per Australian Knee Society’s ‘Arthroscopy position statement’.
Strong against recommendation
Very low (lavage and debridement) Low (meniscectomy) Very low (cartilage repair)
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Administrative-report.pdf (PDF 2.76 MB)
Algorithm-Holistic-assessment-diagnosis-and-management-of-knee-and-hip-osteoarthritis.pdf (PDF 0.05 MB)
Guideline-for-the-management-of-knee-and-hip-osteoarthritis-2nd-ed-Appendix-1.pdf (PDF 0.04 MB)
Guideline-for-the-management-of-knee-and-hip-osteoarthritis-2nd-ed-Appendix-2.pdf (PDF 0.05 MB)
Implementation-plan.pdf (PDF 1.79 MB)
Public-consultation-summary.pdf (PDF 0.29 MB)
Technical-document.pdf (PDF 5.79 MB)
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