ARE ILLNESS PERCEPTIONS A BARRIER TO UPTAKE OF EVIDENCE BASED INTERVENTIONS FOR KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS? A QUALITATIVE STUDY

CENTRE FOR RESEARCH EXCELLENCE IN TOTAL JOINT REPLACEMENT OPTIMISING OUTCOMES, EQUITY, COST EFFECTIVENESS AND PATIENT SELECTION (OPUS)

Joint replacement surgery is one of the most successful surgeries performed in Australia and globally. With an ageing population, demand for..

TOWARD AN EVIDENCE-BASED APPROACH FOR TREATING END-STAGE KNEE ARTHRITIS

World-wide more than one million total knee replacements (TKR) will be performed for end-stage knee osteoarthritis in 2016 alone. With an ag..