The efficacy of HA injections in hip joint diseases

Viscosupplementation with intra-articular hyaluronic acid for hip disorders. A systematic review and meta-analysis

Article specifications

This original article was published in 2016 in Journal of Muscles Ligaments Tendons J. (IF 2014:2.95) by Italian, Egyptian and Britannia specialists. The aim of this study was to clarify the efficacy of HA injections in hip joint diseases, the possibility to modify the natural history of hip OA or all other hip diseases; whether there was a global consensus about the type of HA, technique of injection, number and frequency of injections and outcome measures. Selected published data in English in the PubMed and Google Scholar electronic databases up to March 2016 about hyaluronic acid injections in hip disorders.

 

Results

The best conservative therapy before surgery and it can act on pain relief and function however there is no evidence to prove its ability to modify the morphological structure of the pathological hip and the natural history of the disease. There are few data about the use of HA in other hip disorders rather than osteoarthritis. The most relevant evidence seems to show the utility of HA injections in improving synovial inflammation, but only a few studies have been conducted.