The effect of therapeutic exercise on knee osteoarthritis after injection of botulinum toxin type A, hyaluronate or saline

Effect of therapeutic exercise on knee osteoarthritis after intra-articular injection of botulinum toxin type A, hyaluronate or saline: A randomized controlled trial.

Article specifications

This clinical study was published in 2018 in Journal of J Rehabil Med. (IF 2009:2.98) by chinese specialists. The aim of this study was to study the effect of therapeutic exercise on knee osteoarthritis after injection of botulinum toxin type A, hyaluronate or saline. Sixty participants with knee osteoarthritis were randomly assigned to 3 groups: injection of saline (control) (group A), botulinum toxin type A (group B), or hyaluronate (group C). All participants received therapeutic exercise.

 

Result

The results from this study shows that therapeutic exercise plus botulinum toxin type A or hyaluronate injection can significantly reduce pain and improve knee functioning. Botulinum toxin type A plus therapeutic exercise appears to be more effective.