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Changing how we define and treat patients with OA

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Important advances in 2014 foster new perspectives on definitions of early and end-stage disease, and promote a shift in the clinical management of osteoarthritis (OA) through implementing treatment algorithms intended to minimize strain on current health-care models. Collectively, these changes shed new light on developing and optimizing approaches to OA treatment.

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Figure 1: Innovations and challenges in the care of patients with OA.

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D.J.H. is supported by a National Health and Medical Research Council Practitioner Fellowship.

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  1. Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Western Ontario, 1151 Richmond Street, London, N6A 3K7, ON, Canada

    Rebecca F. Moyer

  2. Rheumatology Department, Royal North Shore Hospital, Reserve Road, St Leonards, Sydney, 2065, NSW, Australia

    David J. Hunter

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Moyer, R., Hunter, D. Changing how we define and treat patients with OA. Nat Rev Rheumatol 11, 65–66 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrrheum.2014.211

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