Osteoarthritis

Pathway Contributor: Nancy Santesso

Credentials:
RD MLIS

Bio:
Nancy Santesso is the Knowledge Translation Specialist - Cochrane Musculoskeletal & Cochrane Effective Practice & Organisation of Care Groups. She practiced as an RD in acute, chronic, long term & outpatient care before completing a Masters of Library & Information Science. She has worked with the Centre for Evidence Based Mental Health in Oxford, England conducting literature searches & creating web resources for evidence based health information for the public. She then worked at the Medical Library at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee where she was a Clinical Librarian for Emergency services providing physicians with tailored health information. Nancy has been working with the Cochrane Collaboration for 4 years where she develops methods for translating the evidence from Cochrane systematic reviews into ‘user-friendly products’ for dissemination & use; & research interventions for & to enable consumer participation in health care & health care research.

Contributions:

• Is glucosamine effective and safe in the treatment of osteoarthritis?  

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• Is glucosamine effective and safe in the treatment of osteoarthritis?  

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• Is chondroitin effective and safe in the treatment of osteoarthritis?  

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• Is glucosamine plus chondroitin effective and safe in the treatment of osteoarthritis?  

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• Is glucosamine plus chondroitin effective and safe in the treatment of osteoarthritis?  

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• Is S-Adenosyl-L-Methionine (SAMe) effective and safe in the treatment of osteoarthritis?  

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• Is methylsulfonylmethane (MSM) effective and safe to treat osteoarthritis?  

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• Is cetyl myristoleate (CMO) effective and safe to treat osteoarthritis?  

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• Is cetyl myristoleate (CMO) effective and safe to treat osteoarthritis?  

  Role: Reviewer

• Are avocado-soybean unsaponifiables (ASU) effective and safe to treat osteoarthritis?  

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• Are avocado-soybean unsaponifiables (ASU) effective and safe to treat osteoarthritis?  

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• Are herbal therapies effective and safe to treat osteoarthritis?  

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• Are herbal therapies effective and safe to treat osteoarthritis?  

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• Does weight loss decrease the risk of osteoarthritis and the symptoms of osteoarthritis?  

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• Does weight loss decrease the risk of osteoarthritis and the symptoms of osteoarthritis?  

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• Do antioxidant nutrients (vitamins A, E, C, selenium, omega-3 fatty acids) decrease the risk of osteoarthritis and/or decrease the symptoms of osteoarthritis?  

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• Do antioxidant nutrients (vitamins A, E, C, selenium, omega-3 fatty acids) decrease the risk of osteoarthritis and/or decrease the symptoms of osteoarthritis?  

  Role: Reviewer

• Osteoarthritis Background

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