This systematic review summarized the rehabilitation recommendations for treating and managing knee osteoarthritis (OA) in practice guidelines and evaluated their applicability and quality using the Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation (AGREE) II instrument.
Data Sources
PubMed, the Cochrane Library, EMBASE, CINAHL, PEDro, Guideline central, Guideline International Network and Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) were used to search for relevant studies published between 1 January 2008 and 31 May 2022.
Methods
AGREE II was used to evaluate the included guidelines quality, SPSS 25.0 statistical software was used for data analysis, and the intra-group correlation coefficient value was calculated to verify the consistency between the raters. The two-way random effects model was used to calculate concordance scores, and each domain's total scores were calculated. Additionally, the median and interquartile range for domain and total scores were calculated.
Results
Twenty-four guidelines recommending knee OA rehabilitation were included. Inter-rater consistency evaluation ranged from 0.62 to 0.90. The domains where the guideline's overall and rehabilitation parts scored highest and lowest were scope and purpose (domain 1) and applicability (domain 5), respectively. The highly recommended rehabilitation opinions included aerobic exercise programs (21/24), weight control (16/24), self-education and management (16/24), gait/walking aids (7/24), and tai chi (6/24). However, the orthopedic insole and hot/cold therapy roles remain controversial.
Conclusion
The clinical practice guidelines' overall quality for knee OA rehabilitation is good; however, the applicability is slightly poor. Therefore, we should improve the promoting factors and hindering factors, guideline application recommendations, tools, and resources when developing relevant guidelines.
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