Treatment of rotator cuff tears with hyaluronic acid

Clinical evidence in the treatment of rotator cuff tears with hyaluronic acid.

Article specifications

This review study was published in 2016 in Journal of Muscles Ligaments Tendons J. (IF 2014:2.95) by Italian specialists. The aim of this study was to document potential benefit and adverse effects of hyaluronic acid (HA) injection into the shoulder with rotator cuff tears. A systematic literature search was performed in english PubMed, Medline, Ovid, Google Scholar and Embase databases. A total of 11 studies, prospective, 7 were randomized were included by full text. A total of 1102 patients were evaluated clinically after different HA injection compare with corticosteroid injection, physically therapies, saline solution injection and control groups. The use of HA in patients with rotator cuff tears improve VAS and functional score in all trials that we have analyzed.

 

Result

The results of this study showed that intra-articular injection with HA is effective in reducing pain and improving function in shoulder with rotator cuff tears and without severe adverse reaction. It could be used as an alternative to cortisone or other oral drugs, exploiting its biomechanical and biochemical properties.