Background Osteoarthritis is a chronic disease characterized by joint pain, tenderness, and
limitation of movement. At present, no cure is available. Thus only treatment of the person's …

Background Depression and anxiety are common psychological disorders for children and
adolescents. Psychological (eg psychotherapy), psychosocial (eg cognitive behavioral …

Background Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is a chronic, inflammatory rheumatic disease.
Physiotherapy is considered an important part of the overall management of AS. Objectives To …

The objective was to develop evidence -based recommendations and a research and educational
agenda for the non-pharmacological management of hip and knee osteoarthritis (OA). …

Background Obesity is one of the most important risk factors for osteoarthritis (OA) in knee(s).
However, the relationship between obesity and OA in hand(s) and hip(s) remains …

… Kåre B Hagen Kåre B Hagen … Ms Jamtvedt, Ms Dahm, Dr Holm, and Dr Hagen
provided consultation (including review of manuscript before submission). …

Practical Evidence-Based Physiotherapy is designed to help physiotherapists of all levels of
expertise to use high quality research evidence in their clinical decision making. Written by …

Background Psychological and behavioural problems in children and adolescents are
common, and improving self‐esteem may help to prevent the development of such problems. …

An increasing focus has over recent years been directed to the use of categorical endpoints
to define response, ie to define cut-points for important improvement and/or acceptable …

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the prevalence of osteoarthritis (OA) in knee, hip, and hand in a
general population in Norway and the burden of disease in terms of associations between …