dc.description.abstract | Objectives: Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a common disease which causes pain, disability and great socioeconomic burden as a result. Turkish League Against Rheumatism (TLAR) initiated a project to prepare national, "evidence-based recommendations for the management of knee osteoarthritis" supported by expert-opinion in order to assist the physicians who are interested in knee OA in their daily clinical practice. Materials and methods: The expert committee was composed of 25 academicians, 23 of whom were physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R) specialists (three also had rheumatology subspeciality) and two were orthopedic surgeons. At the first meeting, the previous guidelines were discussed, and 2008 Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI) recommendations were decided to be taken as the fundamental template for national recommendations. Databases of the Pubmed, Embase, Cochrane, and Turkish Medical Index were used to search the literature, and this was carried out for the period between 2009-2010 for international publications since studies up to 2009 were present in the 2010 OARSI update. No limit was applied for searching of national publications. The selected relevant publications were graded according to evidence level and quality, and were sent to the members who were then asked to suggest propositions according to their experiences, knowledge, and review of the literature. After amalgamation and editing of new proposals, Delphi rounds were started. After five Delphi rounds, the propositions on which the members were in consensus, were discussed with regard to evidence and the "strength of recommendation" was determined by measuring on visual analog scale (VAS) for each proposal at the final meeting. Results: Nineteen propositions (one for general principles, nine for non-pharmacologic treatments, seven for pharmacologic treatments, and two for surgical treatments) were accepted as the "TLAR Evidence-Based Recommendations for the Management of Knee OA" in consensus as a result of Delphi rounds. Conclusion: Evidence-based recommendations for the management of knee OA were developed by TLAR for the first time in our country. The recommendations should be updated regularly according to new evidence and insights. It is expected that physicians who are interested in knee OA will benefit greatly from this report in their daily clinical practice. | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | [Tuncer, Tiraje -- Kacar, Cahit] Akdeniz Univ, Fac Med, Dept Phys Med & Rehabil, TR-07070 Antalya, Turkey -- [Cay, Hasan Fatih] Antalya Training & Res Hosp, Dept Phys Med & Rehabil & Rheumatol, Antalya, Turkey -- [Altan, Lale] Uludag Univ, Fac Med, Dept Phys Med & Rehabil, Bursa, Turkey -- [Atik, Osman Sahap] Gazi Univ, Fac Med, Dept Orthopaed & Traumatol, Ankara, Turkey -- [Aydin, Ahmet Turan] Akdeniz Univ, Fac Med, Dept Orthopaed & Traumatol, TR-07070 Antalya, Turkey -- [Ayhan, F. Figen -- Genc, Hakan] Ankara Numune Training & Res Hosp, Dept Phys Med & Rehabil, Ankara, Turkey -- [Yanik, Burcu Corekci] Fatih Univ, Fac Med, Dept Phys Med & Rehabil, Ankara, Turkey -- [Durmaz, Berrin -- Hepguler, Simin] Ege Univ, Fac Med, Dept Phys Med & Rehabil, Izmir, Turkey -- [Eskiyurt, Nurten -- Sindel, Dilsad] Istanbul Univ, Istanbul Fac Med, Dept Phys Med & Rehabil, Istanbul, Turkey -- [Kutsal, Yesim Gokce] Hacettepe Univ, Fac Med, Dept Phys Med & Rehabil, TR-06100 Ankara, Turkey -- [Gunaydin, Rezzan -- Kaya, Taciser] Bozyaka Training & Res Hosp, Dept Phys Med & Rehabil, Izmir, Turkey -- [Hizmetli, Sami] Cumhuriyet Univ, Fac Med, Dept Phys Med & Rehabil, Sivas, Turkey -- [Kurtais, Yesim -- Tur, Birkan Sonel] Ankara Univ, Fac Med, Dept Phys Med & Rehabil, TR-06100 Ankara, Turkey -- [Olmez, Nese] Ataturk Training & Res Hosp, Dept Phys Med & Rehabil, Izmir, Turkey -- [Saridogan, Merih] Istanbul Univ, Cerrahpasa Med Fac, Dept Phys Med & Rehabil, Istanbul, Turkey -- [Sutbeyaz, Serap] Kayseri Training & Res Hosp, Dept Phys Med & Rehabil, Kayseri, Turkey -- [Sendur, Omer Faruk] Adnan Menderes Univ, Fac Med, Dept Phys Med & Rehabil, Aydin, Turkey -- [Ugurlu, Hatice] Selcuk Univ, Meram Med Fac, Dept Phys Med & Rehabil, Konya, Turkey -- [Unlu, Zeliha] Celal Bayar Univ, Fac Med, Dept Phys Med & Rehabil, Manisa, Turkey | en_US |