Abstract
ABSTRACT Several common beliefs about osteoarthritis held by people living with the condition and some clinicians are discordant with current evidence and can hinder effective management. [...]providing information about the disease and its mechanisms could lead to better management of people with osteoarthritis. [...]it is false to solely attribute the development of the disease to increasing age as its aetiology is multi-factorial (Hochberg et al., 2015). [...]it is essential to avoid describing or referring to osteoarthritis as "wear and tear" when speaking with patients. Synovial tissue inflammation is believed to be one of the key intraarticular processes that contributes to nociception and the subsequent pain experience, with the inflammatory changes leading to intraarticular swelling (Felson et al., 2016). [...]extraarticular structures can also become inflamed and contribute to the generation of nociceptive input (Hochberg et al., 2015).