Examine the kinetic features in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA) after intra-articular hyaluronic acid (IAHA) injections in different time periods

Kinetics features changes before and after intra-articular hyaluronic acid injections in patients with knee osteoarthritis.

Article specifications

This clinical trial was published in 2015 in Journal of Clin Neurol Neurosurg. (IF 2017:1.736) by Taiwan specialists. The aim of our study is to examine the kinetic features in patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA) after intra-articular hyaluronic acid (IAHA) injections in different time periods.

 

Results

This study revealed that IAHA injections can provide significant pain relief and improvement in activity of daily living function for patients with knee OA. However, the reduction in pain and the increase in knee adduction moment may last up to 6 months. This may cause excessive loading on the knee joints, which may further accelerate the rate of knee degeneration. As a result, longer study time is needed to determine whether the observed kinetic findings in this study are associated with detrimental outcomes on the knee joints.