Very excited to finally be sharing the OPTIKNEE consensus today at home during day 1 of Canadian Physiotherapy Association #CPACongress2024 with Linda Truong // LT & Justin Losciale, PT, DPT, CSCS

It will be a great session with lots of discussion/examples for incorporating into real-world practice

Dr. Jackie Whittaker OARSI ProfDavidHunter Lauren King Ewa Roos Jamie Collins A/Prof Stephanie Filbay Ali Guermazi Ali Mobasheri Rheum Cat Tuhina Neogi, MD, PhD Farshid Guilak Excited to be in Vienna, and to catch up with researchers who are interested in post-traumatic OA (PTOA) tomorrow - Thursday at 12.30

Don't miss the inaugural OARSI
Post-Traumatic OA (PTOA) Discussion Group meeting at #OARSI2024 in Vienna
Follow this link for more information & to express your interest (even if you can't attend in person) bit.ly/3U5rBlz

Just re-reading 'Reflections on #patientengagement
by patient partners: how it can go wrong' by Dr. Dawn Richards, PhD Laurie Proulx & team
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

Have you seen 👇 situations? What would you do to prevent them? Who has the power & privilege
in each situation? OARSI Early Career Investigators

Do you see people with #Achilles pain?

Well we have quantified the top clinical questions you need to be asking to determine how severe their disability is 🤯

New publication in @PTiSJournal with Brady Green Dr Igor Sancho Robert-Jan de Vos

Free access: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Calling all research trainees looking to learn more about #patientengagement in #healthresearch !

Join us for the Patient Engagement 101 Workshop taking place on June 19, 2024 from 1-3 pm AT in Halifax or online.

More info: cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/27297.html#a5

Did you know the #OPTIKNEE clinical & research recommendations are available in 13 languages?
🙏 Marc-Olivier Dubé Nuno Lomba Guilherme Lima, Leilli Goudarzi, Armaghan Mahmoudian for recently added Portuguese (🇵🇹) & Persian translations
🔓open access bit.ly/OPTIKNEEconsen…

UCI Evert Verhagen UEFA Jane Thornton MD PhD OLY Fowler Kennedy Balgrist University Hospital sportscotland Keith Stokes Rugby Football Union Dr Debbie Palmer OLY 🚨🚨 Speaker Announcements 🚨🚨

Dr Karen Barclay Scottish Rugby

Dr John Maclean Scottish FA

Dr Carrie McRae sportscotland

Prof Ross Tucker Ross Tucker World Rugby

Dr Dr. Jackie Whittaker OPTIKNEE

Abstract Submissions close 19th of April

ℹ️ edin.ac/IOC-conference

Don't miss the inaugural OARSI Post-Traumatic OA (PTOA) Discussion Group meeting at #OARSI2024 in Vienna

Follow this link for more information & to express your interest (even if you can't attend in person) bit.ly/3U5rBlz

🌟 Discover the power of your research voice in our #OARSI2024 Congress 'Perfecting Your Elevator Pitch' workshop.

Details below 👇

It is worth trying patient education and exercise therapy to delay joint replacement surgery. Those with greater improvement immediately after GLA:D had a lower likelihood of hip and knee replacement at 2 years. Just published: acrjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ac…

If you are interested in clinical trials for preventing post-traumatic knee #osteoarthritis you might like this report from a OARSI #OARSI2023 pre-Congress workshop Arthritis Research Canada UBC Department of Physical Therapy Centre for Aging SMART Dr. Jackie Whittaker oarsiopenjournal.com/article/S2665-…

Meet the next generation of arthritis scientists! John Yan is a trainee under the supervision of Dr. Dr. Jackie Whittaker. His research focuses on understanding and preventing muscle performance decline after #ACL reconstruction surgery.

Watch his video: ow.ly/vu0i50QSQkg

Monthly #OARSI ECI Publication:
Anne Kamps & colleagues showed that patients with OA have a higher risk of being diagnosed with subsequent comorbidities - suggests management of OA should consider risk of other long-term-conditions. Check it out here: buff.ly/49Lk0xS

If you are interested in clinical trials for preventing post-traumatic knee #osteoarthritis you might like this report from our OARSI #OARSI2023 pre-Congress workshop Arthritis Research Canada UBC Department of Physical Therapy Centre for Aging SMART sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Just a reminder that

OPTIKNEE recommendations Are translated in diff. Languages and freely available

msklab.med.ubc.ca/optiknee/

#sportskongres2024

📣The OARSI Human Biomechanics Discussion Group is here! Join an international group of researchers looking to advance biomechanics research.

🔵Step 1: sign up in your membership portal: buff.ly/3ucJSDB

🟢Step 2: complete the brief survey: buff.ly/49heWRj

This may come in handy to take an informed decision on whether to undergo surgery or not for MSK conditions 👇

🔜GALLA🍽️
Can you feel it? We are almost there 🤩Tomorrow we open the doors for #Sportskongres2024
Remember to book your seating for the Galla Dinner in the App. You can sit with your colleagues and friends 😃And please fill in empty seats, so you can expand your network 🙌🏻

We are looking forward to sharing the #OPTIKNEE consensus with everyone #Sportskongres #sportskongres2024 on Friday.

If you want to explore the recommendations, publications or language translations in prep just follow this link bit.ly/OPTIKNEEconsen…