What Does Best Practice Care for Musculoskeletal Pain Look Like? Eleven Consistent Recommendations from High-Quality Clinical Practice Guidelines: Systematic Review
11 Guidelines, 11 Recommendations
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https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/54/2/79
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British Journal of Sports Medicine
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What Does Best Practice Care for Musculoskeletal Pain Look Like? Eleven Consistent Recommendations from High-Quality Clinical Practice Guidelines: Systematic Review
11 Guidelines, 11 Recommendations
SOURCE
https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/54/2/79
DISC COMMENTARY
This systematic review compares eleven high-quality clinical practice guidelines covering low back, hip and knee, neck, and shoulder pain, to identify what they consistently agree is best practice care.
What was studied?
Eleven guidelines published since 2011 and assessed using the AGREE-II quality framework were compared to find recommendations that appeared consistently across different joints and body regions.
What did they find?
Eleven consistent recommendations emerged, including patient-centred care, screening for red flags, selective imaging, physical examination, education, exercise, manual therapy as an add-on, and non-surgical care before surgery.
Why it matters
Good musculoskeletal care does not look different depending on which joint hurts or which type of clinician a patient sees. The same evidence-based framework holds across the best guidelines.
Why we included it
It illustrates that good musculoskeletal care follows the same evidence-based principles regardless of body region, rather than depending on which discipline treats it.
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What was studied?
Eleven guidelines published since 2011 and assessed using the AGREE-II quality framework were compared to find recommendations that appeared consistently across different joints and body regions.
What did they find?
Eleven consistent recommendations emerged, including patient-centred care, screening for red flags, selective imaging, physical examination, education, exercise, manual therapy as an add-on, and non-surgical care before surgery.
Why it matters
Good musculoskeletal care does not look different depending on which joint hurts or which type of clinician a patient sees. The same evidence-based framework holds across the best guidelines.
Why we included it
It illustrates that good musculoskeletal care follows the same evidence-based principles regardless of body region, rather than depending on which discipline treats it.