Implementing good life with osteoArthritis from Denmark (GLA:D®) in australian public hospitals. Part 1: Feasibility.

Background: Literature reporting positive outcomes from the Good Life with osteoArthritis in Denmark (GLA:D®) program in Australia mainly involves patients attending private physiotherapy services.

Objective: Evaluate the feasibility of implementing GLA:D® in Australian public hospitals.

Design: Implementation study in three metropolitan tertiary public hospitals over six months.

Prospective validity of a clinical prediction rule for response to non-surgical multidisciplinary management of knee osteoarthritis in tertiary care: a multisite prospective longitudinal study.

Objectives: We tested a previously developed clinical prediction tool-a nomogram consisting of four patient measures (lower patient-expected benefit, lower patient-reported knee function, greater knee varus angle and severe medial knee radiological degeneration) that were related to poor response to non-surgical management of knee osteoarthritis. This study sought to prospectively evaluate the predictive validity of this nomogram to identify patients most likely to respond poorly to non-surgical management of knee osteoarthritis.

Design: Multisite prospective longitudinal study.

Response to letter to editor: The association between hip strength, physical function and dynamic balance in people with unilateral knee osteoarthritis: A cross-sectional study.

We thank the reader for their interest and response to our study investigating the association between clinical measures of hip strength in multiple directions and physical function (including dynamic balance) in people with knee osteoarthritis. Below, we provide a response to their questions, in turn.

The association between hip strength, physical function and dynamic balance in people with unilateral knee osteoarthritis: A cross-sectional study.

Background: In people with knee osteoarthritis, the association between multidirectional hip strength and physical function or balance is unknown.

Objective: To determine the relationship between hip flexion, extension, abduction, adduction, external and internal rotation strength and (1) physical function and (2) dynamic balance.

Design: Cross-sectional.

Hip strength, quadriceps strength and dynamic balance are lower in people with unilateral knee osteoarthritis compared to their non-affected limb and asymptomatic controls.

Background: There is insufficient literature on multi-directional hip strength differences and dynamic balance between people with knee osteoarthritis (KOA) and healthy controls.

Objective: In people with unilateral KOA, determine if hip/knee strength and dynamic balance differs (i) between sides, and (ii) compared to controls.

Methods: Thirty-six participants (17 women; 65.