Society guideline links: Knee pain

Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately:

●(See "Society guideline links: Osteoarthritis".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Anterior cruciate ligament injury".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Meniscal injury".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Musculoskeletal ultrasound".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Muscle and tendon injuries of the lower extremity (excluding Achilles)".)

International

●International Olympic Committee (IOC): Current concepts statement on non-contact ACL injury in the female athlete (2008)

Canada

●Choosing Wisely Canada: Don't order an MRI for suspected degenerative meniscal tears or osteoarthritis (OA) (updated 2021)

United States

●American College of Radiology (ACR): ACR Appropriateness Criteria on acute trauma to the knee (revised 2019)

●ACR: ACR Appropriateness Criteria on chronic knee pain (revised 2018)

●American Physical Therapy Association (APTA): Clinical practice guideline on exercise-based knee and anterior cruciate ligament injury prevention (2018)

●APTA: Clinical practice guidelines linked to the international classification of functioning, disability, and health on knee pain and mobility impairments – Meniscal and articular cartilage lesions, revision (2018)

●National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA): Position statement on prevention of anterior cruciate ligament injury (2018)

●APTA: Clinical practice guideline on knee stability and movement coordination impairments – Knee ligament sprain, revision (2017)

●American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM): Position statement on interventional musculoskeletal ultrasound in sports medicine (2015)

●American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons (AAOS): Management of anterior cruciate ligament injuries – Evidence-based clinical practice guideline (2014)

●Choosing Wisely: Avoid ordering a knee MRI for a patient with anterior knee pain without mechanical symptoms or effusion unless the patient has not improved following completion of an appropriate functional rehabilitation program (2014)

●Choosing Wisely: Avoid recommending knee arthroscopy as initial/management for patients with degenerative meniscal tears and no mechanical symptoms (2014)

United Kingdom

●British Association for Surgery of the Knee (BASK): Arthroscopic meniscal surgery – A national society treatment guideline and consensus statement (2019)

Australia-New Zealand

●Choosing Wisely Australia: Do not perform arthroscopy with lavage and/or debridement or partial meniscectomy for patients with symptomatic osteoarthritis of the knee and/or degenerate meniscal tear (reviewed 2018)

●Meniscal tear – Presentation, diagnosis and management (2012)

Japan

●Japanese Orthopaedic Association (JOA): Clinical practice guidelines on the management of anterior cruciate ligament injury – Secondary publication (2020)