Quality of physiotherapy care for people with hip and/or knee osteoarthritis

Abstract

Patients with hip and/or knee osteoarthritis (OA) desire high quality of care when managing their condition. Clinical guidelines advocate exercise, weight loss (for people who are overweight or have obesity), and education regarding self-management as first line treatments for OA. Physiotherapists are important providers of such non-surgical interventions. As such, they have a professional responsibility to ensure that the care they provide to people with OA is safe and aligns with best practice. Current quality indicators (QIs) for care of people with hip and knee OA are not designed to specifically assess physiotherapy care. Furthermore, little is known about the experiences of Australian ..