Topics are arranged under the scope categories, and are based on suggestions by health care professionals, consumers and reviewers and on some of the trials which have been identified to date. This is not a complete list and further development of topics is underway. If there are topics in which you are particularly interested and feel should be added to the list, please contact the CMSG editorial office:csmg@uottawa.ca or complete a short survey here .

Areas covered by the CMSG:

Gout
[Uric Acid, Hyperuricemia, Pseudogout]

Prevention
Treatment (both for chronic and acute)
Rehabilitation

Legg Calve Perthes

Non operative treatment

Surgical treatment

Lupus Erythematosus
[Systemic, Discoid, Cutaneous, Lupus Nephritis]
(overlap with the Renal Group)

Prevention
Therapeutic management (efficacy, effectiveness, safety)
Rehabilitation

Osteoarthritis
Prevention
Treatment
Pharmacalogical interventions
Non pharmacalogical interventions
Surgery
Alternative Therapies
Rehabilitation

Osteoporosis
[The forms of osteoporosis include: Pre and
Post-menopausal osteoporosis, corticosteroid induced
osteoporosis and osteoporosis in men]

Prevention
Treatment
Pharmacological agents
Alternative therapies
Rehabilitation

Pediatric Rheumatology
[Juvenile Rheumatoid]
Treatment

Pharmacological Interventions
Rehabilitation
Alternative therapies

Rheumatoid Arthritis
Prevention
Treatment
Pharmacological Interventions
Physical therapy (Active and Passive)
Occupational therapy
Alternative therapy
Rehabilitation

Soft Tissue Conditions
[Rheumatism, Rheumatic Disease, Bursitis, Tendonitis]

Fibromyalgia

Prevention

Treatment of shoulder pain
Subacromial bursitis
Biciptal tendonitis
Rotator cuff tendonitis
Frozen shoulder or adhesive capsulitis
Acromial clavicular joint pain

Treatment of elbow pain
Epicondilitis (medial and lateral)

Treatment of wrist pain
Extensor tenosynovitis and deQuervain's tenosynovitis
Olecranon bursitis

Treatment of hand pain
Palmar fascitis (dupuytren's contracture)
Diabetic chiropathy
Flexor tenosynovitis including flexor tendon nodules

Treatment of hip pain (overlap with the OA subgroup)
Trochanteric bursitis
Ischial bursitis
Iliopsoas bursitis
Tensor fascia latae syndrome
Adductor synovitis
Meralgia parasthetica

Treatment of knee pain (overlap with the Osteoarthritis
subgroup and the Bone, Joint and Muscle Trauma Group)
Pes Anserine bursitis
Ligamentous strain - medial and leteral prepatellar
bursitis popliteal cyst (Baker's Cyst)

Chondromalacia patellae (anterior knee pain syndrome)
(overlap with the Osteoarthritis subgroup
and the Bone, Joint and Muscle Trauma Group).

Hamstring strain (semimebranosis and biceps)

Treatment of ankle pain (overlap with the
Bone, Joint and Muscle Trauma Group)
Peroneal tendonitis
Achilles tendonitis
Rectrocalcaneal bursitis
Ligamentous strain (medial and lateral)

Treatment of foot pain (overlap with the Bone, Joint and Muscle Trauma Group)
Plantar fascitis
Pes planus

Treatments
Pharmacologic therapies
Non-pharmacologic therapies
Alternative therapies
Rehabilitation

Spondylo-arthropathy
[Psoriatic Arthritis, Ankylosing spondylitis, Reiters Disease]

Prevention
Treatment
Rehabilitation

Systemic Sclerosis
[Raynauds, Scleroderma]

Prevention
Treatment
Rehabilitation

Vasculitis (overlap with the Eyes and Vision Group)
[Behcet's, Takayasu's Artheritis, Purpura, Schoenlein-Henoch,
Polyarthritis, Nodosa, Giant Cell Arthritis,
Wegener's Granulomatosis]
[i.e. Behcet's]

Prevention
Treatment
Pharmacological interventions
Rehabilitation

For a list of therapies for rheumatoid arthritis, click here .

For a list of therapies for osteoarthritis, click here .

For a list of therapies for osteoporosis, click here .

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