Evidence Review for Preventing Osteoarthritis After an Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury: An Osteoarthritis Action Alliance Consensus Statement.

ABSTRACT:

Context

The Osteoarthritis Action Alliance formed a secondary prevention task group to develop a consensus on secondary prevention recommendations to reduce the risk of osteoarthritis after a knee injury.

Objective

Our goal was to provide clinicians with secondary prevention recommendations that are intended to reduce the risk of osteoarthritis after a person has sustained an anterior cruciate ligament injury. Specifically, this manuscript describes our methods, literature reviews, and dissenting opinions to elaborate on the rationale for our recommendations and to identify critical gaps.

Design

Consensus process.

Setting

Virtual video conference calls and online voting.

Patients or other participants

The Secondary Prevention Task Group consisted of 29 m

SUBMITTER: Osteoarthritis Action Alliance, Secondary Prevention Task Group 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10176847 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature