Evaluate the scientific evidence reported in literature according to HA shoulder injection in rotator cuff disorders treatment

Efficacy of Hyaluronate injections in rotator cuff disorders: A Level-I Meta-Analysis

Article specifications

This meta-analysis was published in 2017 in Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Research (IF 2017: 0.933) by Italian orthopedics. The objective of this study was to evaluate the scientific evidence reported in literature according to HA shoulder injection in rotator cuff disorders treatment. An English-language systematic literature search was performed by two independent researchers; data sources included the following databases: MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, Google scholar web, Ovid database, Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro), and the Cochrane Library.

 

Results

HA injections might be a valuable safe alternative to other conservative methods for the treatment of rotator cuff disorders. Nowadays, few and low quality randomized controlled trials have been published. Therefore, to reach an overall conclusion about the effect of HA injection in rotator cuff we need more high quality studies.