OPTIKNEE clinical and research recommendations to knee health promotion and post-traumatic OA prevention (adapted from Whittaker et al 11)
| Clinical recommendations | Research recommendations |
| Prioritise single and multistructure injuries which fail to respond as expected or have subsequent injury. | Prioritise symptomatic over radiographic osteoarthritis, and understand the influence of the social determinants of health. |
| Create person-centred interventions to mitigate modifiable risk factors, including education, self-management and exercise. These should start early and continue for lifespan. | Studies should include a range of pathologies with risk and rehabilitation outcomes monitored for 5 years or more. |
| Acute injury management should centre on education, with initially supervised and progressive patient-centred rehabilitation. Programmes should include a variety of exercises and prioritise return to activity, engagement and self-management. | Monitor pain, adverse events, quality of life, cognitive–behavioural factors, function, strength, activity participation and a global assessment. Standardisation of outcome measures used should occur. |
| Monitor pain, adverse events, quality of life, cognitive–behavioural factors, function, strength and activity participation. |
OA, osteoarthritis.