Contributors

Introduction

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Part I: Methodology in rheumatology

1. Literature searching
Jessie McGowan

2. OMERACT: an ongoing evidence-based initiative to improve the quality of outcome measures in rheumatology
Maarten Boers, Lee S Simon, Vibeke Strand, Peter Brooks, Peter Tugwell

3. Economics
Hilal Maradit Kremers, Sherine E Gabriel

4. Knowledge translation for patients: methods to support patients’ participation in decision making about preference-sensitive treatment options in rheumatology
Annette M O’Connor, Dawn Stacey, France Légaré, Nancy Santesso

Part 2: Finding, evaluating, and applying the evidence of rheumatological disorders

5. Gout
Naomi Schlesinger, Ralph Schumaucher, Ottawa Methods Group

6. Systemic lupus erythematosus
Joel Schiffenbauer, Eliza Chakravarty, Vibeke Strand

7. Osteoarthritis
Thao Pham, Marlene Fransen, Philippe Ravaud, Maxime Dougados, Ottawa Methods Group

8. Postmenopausal osteoporosis
Ann Cranney, Lee S Simon, Peter Tugwell, Rick Adachi, Gordon Guyatt,Ottawa Methods Group

9. Rheumatoid arthritis
Maria E Suarez-Almazor, Manathip Osiri, Paul Emery, Ottawa Methods Group

10. Shoulder and elbow pain
Rachelle Buchbinder, Sally Green, Ottawa Methods Group

11. Spondyloarthropathies
Annelies Boonen, Astrid van Tubergen, Sjef van der Linden, Carina Mihai, Ottawa Methods Group

12. Systemic sclerosis
Daniel E Furst, Janet Pope, Phil Clements, Ottawa Methods Group

13. Primary systemic vasculitis
Richard A Watts, Suzanne E Lane, David GI Scott, Ottawa Methods Group

Index