COAST and LOAD
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Here you will find the links to the Canine Osteoarthritis Staging Tool (COAST) and the Liverpool Osteoarthritis in Dogs (LOAD) tool.
LOAD
COAST
In this webinar, we review the COAST guidelines which aim to provide vet professionals with guidance on managing osteoarthritis. The objective is to develop an OA management program using a consistent approach but with enough freedom of choice to meet the requirements of each patient and pet caregiver. In this webinar we review the guidelines, illustrating the approach taken to creating the guidelines and sharing the consensus statements from each stage of OA.
Learning outcomes
•Explain how to use the COAST scoring system
•Follow the guidelines for managing each stage of OA
•Understand where to access additional resources
References
COAST treatment guidelines
Cachon T, Frykman O, Innes JF, Lascelles BDX, Okumura M, Sousa P, Staffieri F, Steagall PV, Van Ryssen B. COAST Development Group's international consensus guidelines for the treatment of canine osteoarthritis. Front Vet Sci. 2023 Aug 3;10:1137888. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2023.1137888. PMID: 37601753; PMCID: PMC10436090.
LOAD score
Walton MB, Cowderoy E, Lascelles D, Innes JF. Evaluation of construct and criterion validity for the 'Liverpool Osteoarthritis in Dogs' (LOAD) clinical metrology instrument and comparison to two other instruments. PLoS One. 2013;8(3):e58125. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058125. Epub 2013 Mar 7. PMID: 23505459; PMCID: PMC3591443.