Osteoarthritis Health Professional Training Manual
- 1st Edition - October 27, 2022
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editors: David J. Hunter, Jillian Eyles
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 9 2 6 9 - 5
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 9 2 7 0 - 1
Osteoarthritis Health Professional Training Manual addresses current gaps in knowledge and the skills and confidence that are necessary to deliver evidence-based OA care that i… Read more
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Request a sales quoteOsteoarthritis Health Professional Training Manual addresses current gaps in knowledge and the skills and confidence that are necessary to deliver evidence-based OA care that is consistent with international guidelines and for effective translation to clinical practice for health professionals. Written for health care professionals that meet patients with osteoarthritis in the clinic, like GPs, physiotherapists, rheumatologists, orthopedic surgeons, and MDs and PTs in training, medical students and basic researchers on osteoarthritis who want an update on the clinical aspects of OA, this book addresses the urgent need to improve health professional knowledge in managing patients with osteoarthritis.
- Provides a comprehensive training program for health professionals on how to deliver high-value OA care
- Presents core knowledge and practical insights that are applicable in everyday patient scenarios
- Written by leading international experts in the field of OA
Health professionals typically involved in OA care including, but not limited to, primary care physicians/general practitioners (GPs), primary care nurses, physical therapists, rheumatologists, occupational therapists, orthopedic surgeons, dietitians, pha
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Preface
- Chapter 1. Introduction to OA, communication, and person-centered care
- Introduction
- Section 1a: Etiopathogenesis and epidemiology of osteoarthritis
- Section 1b: Communication skills that support best evidence osteoarthritis care and Section 1c: person-centered care
- What are additional considerations in the uptake of best practice osteoarthritis care?
- Concluding remarks
- Key points
- Multi-choice questions
- Chapter 2. History taking & physical assessment
- Brief introduction to the chapter
- History taking
- Physical assessment
- Chapter 3. Diagnosis, risk factors for OA development and progression, OA prevention, and recognizing comorbidities
- Introduction
- OA diagnosis
- Risk factors
- OA prevention
- OA and comorbidities
- Chapter 4. Core components of best evidence OA care: management planning, education, supporting self-management and behavior change
- Introduction to core components of best evidence OA care
- Key components of best evidence OA care
- Brief summary of evidence supporting core components of best evidence OA care
- A comprehensive approach to osteoarthritis management
- Key elements: self-efficacy, goals, strengths and available resources, and behavior change techniques
- Approaches to monitoring treatment progress and adjusting management plans
- Purpose and importance of education and support for self-management
- Self-management support strategies
- Responding to emotions
- Need for a framework
- Behavior change: why should we use a theoretical framework?
- Common elements of behavior change theory
- A social cognitive framework: social cognitive theory
- Promoting self-efficacy: the central element
- Feedback loops: relationship among past behavior, self-efficacy, and performance
- Case study
- Chapter 5. Physical activity, exercise, and therapeutic exercise
- What is physical activity, sedentary behavior, exercise, and therapeutic exercise?
- Recommendations for physical activity in OA
- Consequences of physical inactivity and sedentary behavior in OA
- Types of exercises that are beneficial for people with OA
- Mechanisms of exercise benefits
- Safety of physical activity and therapeutic exercise
- Principles of exercise prescription and progression for OA
- Overcoming barriers to physical activity and exercise participation
- Services and supports to facilitate engagement in physical activity and exercise for people with OA
- Activity pacing and behavioral graded activity for people with OA
- Chapter 6. Weight control
- AIMS
- A brief introduction to the chapter
- Effect of weight control in OA pain management and OA disease progression
- Diet and OA: Summary of dietary components and their effects on the prevention and management of OA
- Patient-centered weight control to manage OA
- Barriers to implementing weight control in persons with OA
- Concluding remarks
- Selected links to any helpful online resources
- Case study 3: Katrina
- Chapter 7. Adjunctive rehabilitative interventions
- Introduction to adjunctive rehabilitative interventions
- Biomechanical devices and strategies
- Classic rehabilitation approaches
- Complementary alternative medicine
- Psychosocial strategies
- Summary and concluding remarks
- Chapter 8. Pharmacotherapy
- Aims for module
- Role and rationale of pharmacotherapy in OA management
- Oral medications
- Topical therapies
- Intraarticular therapies
- Dietary supplements/nutraceutical products
- Experimental therapies
- Concluding remarks
- Chapter 9. Surgery for osteoarthritis
- Indications for surgery
- Surgical options for osteoarthritis
- Procedures for hip osteoarthritis
- Procedures for knee osteoarthritis
- Risks of surgery
- Specific risks related to total joint replacement
- Preoperative preparation
- Anesthetic and postoperative pain relief
- Postoperative course
- Measuring outcomes
- Patient expectations and satisfaction
- Chapter 10. The interprofessional team, service delivery, and professional development
- Introduction
- Principles underpinning successful delivery of care
- Exploring health and nonhealth considerations for delivering care
- Pathways of care and adapting them to suit different settings
- Enhancing osteoarthritis care in lower-resourced settings
- Incorporating evidence-based care into your clinical practice
- In closing…
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: October 27, 2022
- No. of pages (Paperback): 210
- No. of pages (eBook): 210
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323992695
- eBook ISBN: 9780323992701
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David J. Hunter
Professor Hunter MD, PhD is a rheumatology clinician researcher whose main research focus has been clinical and translational research in osteoarthritis (OA). He is the Florance and Cope Chair of Rheumatology, Professor of Medicine at University of Sydney, and Staff Specialist at Royal North Shore Hospital and North Sydney Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Centre. Since 2014 he was ranked as the leading expert in the world on osteoarthritis on expertscape.com. His research is focused on a number of key elements in OA including (but not limited to) the epidemiology of osteoarthritis, the application of imaging to better understand structure and function with application to both epidemiologic research and clinical trials, novel therapies in disease management and heath service system delivery of chronic disease management. Dr. Hunter has over 500 peer reviewed publications in international journals and recently completed his second book on self-management strategies for the lay public.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Medicine and Chair of Rheumatology, University of Sydney, Staff Specialist at Royal North Shore Hospital and North Sydney Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Centre, AustraliaJE
Jillian Eyles
Dr Jillian Eyles is an early career researcher and physiotherapist who leads a coordinated research program to support the translation of best-evidence osteoarthritis (OA) care into clinical practice. Dr Eyles is a Sydney Health Partners Research Translation Fellow at the Kolling Institute, Sydney Musculoskeletal Health, University of Sydney. With more than 50 publications in osteoarthritis research she has been awarded in excess of $3million grant funding for her projects.
Affiliations and expertise
Research Fellow, Kolling Institute, Sydney Musculoskeletal Health, The University of Sydney, AustraliaRead Osteoarthritis Health Professional Training Manual on ScienceDirect