Long-term Effectiveness of Intraarticular Injections on Patient-reported Symptoms in Knee Osteoarthritis

Long-term Effectiveness of Intraarticular Injections on Patient-reported Symptoms in Knee Osteoarthritis.

Article specifications

This clinical trial was published in 2018 in Journal of J Rheumatol. (IF 2014: 3.187) by American specialists. The aim of this study was to evaluate long term effectiveness of corticosteroid or hyaluronic acid injections in relieving symptoms among persons with knee osteoarthritis (OA). Using Osteoarthritis Initiative data, a new-user design was applied to identify participants initiating corticosteroid or hyaluronic acid injections (n = 412). Among 412 participants initiating injections, 77.2% used corticosteroid injections and 22.8% used hyaluronic acid injections.

 

Result

Although intraarticular injections may support the effectiveness of reducing symptoms in short-term clinical trials, the initiation of corticosteroid or hyaluronic acid injections did not appear to provide sustained symptom relief over 2 years of follow-up for persons with knee OA.