The draft guideline recommends the use of paracetamol at the lowest effective dose for the shortest possible period of time. This is based on the evaluation of data published after the year 2005 (published after the last NICE guidelines on osteoarthritis). The efficacy assessment was based on ...
The UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines specifically recommend against the use of acupuncture for osteoarthritis. This article aims to explore the evidence base, to link this with the decisions made by guideline development group in 2014 and to consider the legacy...
A new guideline on the care and management of osteoarthritis has recently been published by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence, and makes wide-ranging and authoritative recommendations. The guideline states that there is insufficient evidence to recommend acupuncture. There appears...
There are serious doubts as to whether chiropracticworks for the conditions considered here: the trialevidence suggests that it’s not effective in the treatmentof fibromyalgia and there’s only little evidence that it’seffective in osteoarthritis or chronic low back pain. There’scurrently no evid...
be applied when individual professionals and people using services wish to use it. They should do so in the context of local and national priorities for funding and developing services, and in light of their duties to have due regard to the need to eliminate unlawful discrimination, to advance...
BackgroundOsteoarthritis (OA) is a chronic degenerative condition, which increases in prevalence with age and is a leading cause of disability worldwide. There is currently no cure for OA and treatment focuses on alleviating pain, stiffness and improving the function of the affected joints....
The author reflects on guidelines for the care and management of osteoarthritis which have been developed by Great Britain's National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. He suggests that the guidelines raise several problems and questions for physicians. He argues that adequate funding and ...
The article focuses on guidelines which have been issued by Great Britain's National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence for the care and management of osteoarthritis in adults. A discussion of core treatments, adjunct non-pharmacological treatments, and adjunct pharmacological treatments which ...
Osteoarthritis managem... CA Brand - 《Med J Aust》 被引量: 36发表: 2008年 Implementing arthritis clinical practice guidelines in primary care. Multi-faceted interventions are among the strongest methods for changing provider behavior. This paper reports the design, implementation and process evalu....
Implementing the NICE Osteoarthritis Guidelines in Primary Care: A Role for Practice Nurses. Musculoskeletal Care. 2013;11:1-2.Dziedzic KS, Healey EL, Main CJ: Implementing the NICE osteoarthritis guidelines in primary care: a role for practice nurses. Musculoskeletal Care 2013, 11:1. doi:...