Treatment of knee pain in older adults in primary care: Development of an evidence-based model of care

Rheumatology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 638-648

  Porcheret, M ^a   Jordan, K ^a   Croft, P ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consensus exercise; Knee osteoarthritis; Knee pain; Model of care; Primary care; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; CAPSAICIN; CHONDROITIN; CORTICOSTEROID; DIACETYLRHEIN; GLUCOSAMINE; HYALURONIC ACID; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; PIASCLEDINE; SALICYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; SEX HORMONE;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DISEASE MODEL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXERCISE; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; OSTEOTOMY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SELF CARE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 34047182122     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kel340     Document Type: Article

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