Effect of Intra-Articular Hyaluronic Injection on Postural Stability and Risk of Fall in Patients with Bilateral Knee Osteoarthritis

Effect of intra-articular hyaluronic acid injection on Postural stability and Risk of Fall in Patients with Bilateral Knee Osteoarthritis

Article specifications

This clinical Trial was published in 2014 in The Scientific World Journal (IF 2014: 1.75) by Iranian specialists. The aim of this clinical study was to evaluate the effect of  Intra-Articular Hyaluronic Injection on Postural Stability and Risk of Fall in Patients with Bilateral Knee Osteoarthritis. Fifty subjects with bilateral mild and moderate knee OA voluntarily participated in this study and were categorized into treatment and control groups. The participants were classified into the following two groups: treatment group (received intra-articular HA injections) and control group (no treatment).

Results

We found that patients with bilateral mild and moderate knee OA would benefit from five HA injections in terms of postural stability and fall risk improvement.