Clinical practice guideline for pain management of osteoarthritis in China: interpretation and application recommendations / 中华骨科杂志

ABSTRACT

Clinical practice guideline (CPG) for pain management of osteoarthritis in China contains 14 recommendations in treating patients with symptomatic osteoarthritis (OA) who are considering pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical treatments. Compared with the other consensus on diagnosis and treatment for OA, this clinical practice guideline (CPG) proposed by Chinese Orthopedics Association has some advantages in terms of methodology selection and recommendation. Therefore, it is necessary for us to interpret this CPG to speed up the understanding and application of the CPG. The ultimate aim were to strengthen the normative and understanding of non-surgical or surgical treatment of OA; to enhance the understanding this CPG for clinicians to treat OA; to speed up the development of guideline methodologies in our country; to provide methodological guidance for the development of CPG based on the current situation in our country.