The guideline aims to provide the best evidence currently available to assist consumers’ primary and secondary care providers in making informed decisions about the diagnosis and management of people with internal derangements of the knee.
The Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) commissioned and funded the New Zealand Guidelines Group (NZGG) and Effective Practice, Informatics and Quality Improvement (EPIQ) to develop an explicit evidence-based guideline in response to evidence of variation in practice in the diagnosis and management of internal derangements of the knee.
The development of the guideline was led and managed by the EPIQ Group under the auspices of the NZGG. The EPIQ group is based in the School of Population Health in the Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences at the University of Auckland. The centre is a collaboration of academics, clinicians and other health sector professionals, who undertake training, research and development in evidence-based practice, health informatics and quality improvement for the health and disability sector.
The New Zealand Guidelines Group Incorporated is a not-for-profit organisation established to promote effective health and disability services. NZGG facilitates the development and implementation of guidelines across all areas of health care in New Zealand. Guidelines make a contribution to this aim by sharing the latest international studies and interpreting these in a practical way for adoption in the New Zealand setting.
