Hyaluronic acid injections reduce knee loud during stair climbing in knee osteoarthritis patients

Hyaluronic acid injections reduce knee loud during stair climbing in knee osteoarthritis patients.

Article specifications

This clinical trial was published in 2016 in journal of Osteoarthritis and cartilage (IF 2016: 4.165) by Malaysian orthopedics. In this article the effect of five weekly Hyaluronic acid injection on biomechanics of stair climbing in individuals with knee Osteoarthritis were evaluated. This study included 25 volunteers with bilateral mild and moderate knee osteoarthritis with the mean age, weight and height of 57.83, 68.80, 1.61, received five weekly intra-articular hyaluronic acid- Hyalgan® 20mg/2mL. Participants were assessed in baseline and week 6th, they were asked to climb the staircase composed of four steps, each step 18 centimeters height and one meter wide and force plates were mounted in second and third steps. Participants climbed the staircase three times, and the results are the average of three trials.

Results

The results of the study showed that five weekly HA injection reduces knee load during stair climbing in bilateral knee osteoarthritis patients. the walking speed increased after receiving HA injections, and KAM and GRF were reduced.