Evaluating retrospectively the efficacy of intra-articular injections of hyaluronic acid in elderly patients with osteoarthritis of the temporomandibular joint

Intra-articular injection of hyaluronic acid for temporomandibular joint osteoarthritis in elderly patients.

Article specifications

This clinical Trial was published in 2009 in Journal of Stomatologija (IF 2015:0.84) by Italian dentists. This investigation aimed at evaluating retrospectively the efficacy of intra-articular injections of hyaluronic acid in elderly patients (aged >65 years) with osteoarthritis of the temporomandibular joint as compared with those of a group of adult non-elderly patients. Two groups of patients with Research Diagnostic Criteria for Temporomandibular Disorders axis I group IIIb diagnosis of osteoarthritis, aged over (N=17)/under (N=33) 65 years respectively (elderly/non-elderly groups), underwent a cycle of five injections (one per week) of 1 ml low molecular weight hyaluronic acid and four follow-up assessments after the end of the treatment (at one week, at one month, at three months, at six months).

 

Results

These findings are not supportive for a difference in efficacy between the elderly patients and the other subjects, even though further works on different age groups are needed before generalization of results.

Tags: Italy Clinical trial 2009 Stomatologija

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