Oxford Textbook of Osteoarthritis and Crystal Arthropathy

A trustworthy clinical companion, the textbook offers best practice and management strategies for these common joint diseases. Formerly published as Osteoarthritis, the extensively revised third edition of the Oxford Textbook of Osteoarthritis and Crystal Arthropathy provides up-to-date and evidence-based guidance on how to assess, diagnose, and manage patients. A prestigious and international author team ensure information is expert and relevant-this is a practical tool for clinicians managing people with osteoarthritis, gout, and other crystal-associated arthritis. Confidently consider and chose the right blend of treatment for your patient, whether physical, pharmacological, surgical, or supportive. The Oxford Textbook of Osteoarthritis and Crystal Arthropathy provides full coverage of joint failure, and includes detailed sections on epidemiology, risk factors, clinical assessment, and investigations. This edition also now includes new sections on gout and other crystal arthropathies. Clinically relevant and easily understandable overviews of basic science, including pathology and pain physiology, along with critical appraisal of current guidelines, make this a highly valuable resource. Significant coverage is also given to patient education and the involvement of the patient in management planning. Also highly illustrated, the textbook is a strong reference tool with summary boxes and key points at the end of chapters making it easy to find information quickly and help you deliver the optimum patient outcome. The textbook equips rheumatologists and musculoskeletal health professionals with the knowledge to provide best possible patient care.

Professor Michael Doherty MA MD FRCP FHEA is Professor of Rheumatology and Head of Division of Rheumatology, Orthopaedics and Dermatology, School of Medicine, University of Nottingham. His main research interests are osteoarthritis (OA), gout, calcium pyrophosphate crystal deposition (CPPD), placebo/contextual response and evidence based medicine. He has expertise in clinical and epidemiological studies, community-based clinical trials, systematic reviews andmeta-analyses. He has over 300 original research publications and was awarded the OA Research Society International (OARSI) Clinical Research Award for 2012. He is a past editor of Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases (1992-99), has co-chaired EULAR Task Forces for recommendations for OA, gout and CPPDarthritis, and has been involved as a clinical expert in NICE appraisals for OA and gout. Professor David Hunter is a rheumatology clinician researcher whose main research focus has been clinical and translational research in osteoarthritis (OA). He is the Florance and Cope Chair of Rheumatology and Professor of Medicine at University of Sydney, and Staff Specialist at Royal North Shore Hospital and North Sydney Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Centre. His research is focused on a number of key elements in OA including (but not limited to) the epidemiology of osteoarthritis, theapplication of imaging to better understand structure and function with application to both epidemiologic research and clinical trials, novel therapies in disease management and heath service system delivery of chronic disease management. He is an editor for leading international journals in his field.He has authored books on osteoarthritis and has over 350 publications in peer reviewed journals.Johannes (Hans) Bijlsma is professor of Rheumatology at the University of Utrecht, as well as at both Universities (VU and UVA) in Amsterdam. He was Head of the Department of Rheumatology and Immunology in Utrecht (1989-2013) and of the Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center (2013-2015).His main research interests are osteoarthritis (OA), treatment strategies in rheumatoid arthritis and glucocorticoids. He has expertise in clinical and epidemiological studies, randomised controlled clinical trials in early RA, systematic reviews and meta-analyses. He has over 600 original research publications and was awarded the Jan van Breemen Award for his scientific work in the Netherlands (2015). He is an associate editor of Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases (2005 - ongoing), hasco-chaired EULAR Task Forces for recommendations for OA and the use of glucocorticoids. He has been the chair of Education of EULAR, the coordinator of the EULAR online courses and is presently the President-elect of EULARNigel Arden is a Professor of Rheumatic Diseases and an International Leader in Epidemiology and predictive modelling and trial design. He has clinical and research expertise in osteoarthritis, arthroplasty and osteoporosis and has published nume