Objective To develop an evidence‐based guideline for the comprehensive management of
osteoarthritis ( OA ) as a collaboration between the American College of Rheumatology ( …

… E-mail: gillian.hawker@wchospital.ca. Submitted for publication February 2, 2011; accepted
… Van Lankveld WF, van Pad Bosch PF, van de Putte LF, van der Staak CF, Naring G. Pain in …

… In contrast, Hawker and colleagues 41 found that women reported more pain and took
more … Hawker and colleagues 41 found that greater body mass at 2–7 years after knee …

Objective The 1987 American College of Rheumatology (ACR; formerly, the American
Rheumatism Association) classification criteria for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have been criticized …

This paper describes the development of an evaluative outcome measure for patients with
upper extremity musculoskeletal conditions. The goal is to produce a brief, self‐administered …

Objective To develop concise, up-to-date, patient-focused, evidence-based, expert consensus
guidelines for the management of knee osteoarthritis (OA), intended to inform patients, …

Objective Remission in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an increasingly attainable goal, but there
is no widely used definition of remission that is stringent but achievable and could be …

A cross-sectional, community-based survey of a random sample of 1750 of 242,311 Medicare
recipients was performed. The patients were at least sixty-five years old and had had a …

Background Previous studies suggest that, for some conditions, women receive fewer
health care interventions than men. We estimated the potential need for arthroplasty and the …

OBJECTIVE: To examine the pain experience of people with hip or knee osteoarthritis (OA),
particularly changes over time and most distressing features. METHOD: Focus groups in …