Recommandations sur la prise en charge de l'arthrose de la hanche et du genou. Pour qui ? Pourquoi ? Pour quoi faire ?

This paper summarizes the guidelines published by the Osteoarthritis research society International(OARSI) and compares these guidelines with others. The OARSI guidelines are based on a systematic review of the literature, a meta-analysis and an expert consensus. The OARSI has developed 25 guidelines including 8 for pharmacology modalities, 12 for non-pharmacology modalities and 5 for surgery modalities. The usefulness of the guidelines in the daily practice is very low. The barriers for the guidelines implementation are the lack of interest of the practitioners, the lack of scientific advances in the OA diagnosis and treatments and the low applicability of these guidelines in the daily practice.