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From individualised treatment goals to personalised rehabilitation in osteoarthritis: a longitudinal prospective mapping study using the WHO international classification for functioning, disability and health.

Sinisa StefanacClaudia OppenauerMichael ZaunerMartina DurechovaDaffodil DiosoDaniel AletahaGerhard HobuschReinhard WindhagerTanja Alexandra Stamm
Published in: Annals of medicine (2022)
As the human lifespan as well as the number of people affected by OA worldwide increase, there is a growing need to identify and evaluate rehabilitation outcomes that are relevant to people with OA.Key MessagesTreat-to-target agreements between patients and health care providers present a step towards more personalised precision medicine, which will eventually lead to better reported functional and health outcomes.In patients with osteoarthritis, the Goal Attainment Scale instrument can be used to measure health outcomes at different time points and its content may be linked to ICF providing a unified language and conceptual scientific basis.
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