Knee osteoarthritis: should your patient opt for hyaluronic acid injection?

JM Medina, A Thomas… - Journal of Family …, 2006 - search.ebscohost.com
The article presents a study on the effectiveness of hyaluronic acid injection in the treatment
of knee osteoarthritis. The study was carried out through meta-analysis in an attempt to …

Intra-articular sodium hyaluronate in osteoarthritis of the knee

RD Altman - Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism, 2000 - Elsevier
Objectives: Hyaluronan (HA) has recently been approved in the United States for
management of pain in osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee and is the first biological available for …

Clinical trial of intra-articular injection of sodium hyaluronate in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee

ASJ Dixon, RK Jacoby, H Berry… - … medical research and …, 1988 - Taylor & Francis
A multi-centre randomized, double-blind, parallel-group clinical trial was carried out in 63
patients with osteoarthritis of the knee to compare the efficacy and tolerability of a course of …

Hyaluronic acid supplementation

RW Moskowitz - Current rheumatology reports, 2000 - Springer
As evidenced by publication of a new set of guidelines for the treatment of osteoarthritis (OA)
by the American College of Rheumatology after only 5 years, modalities available for the …

Viscosupplementation therapy with intra-articular hyaluronic acid. Fact or fantasy?

LS Simon - Rheumatic diseases clinics of North America, 1999 - europepmc.org
Pharmacologic therapy for osteoarthritis is presently only palliative and is based on the use
of analgesic or anti-inflammatory agents. Simple analgesics, however, do not provide …

Antalgic effect and clinical tolerability of hyaluronic acid in patients with degenerative diseases of knee cartilage: an outpatient treatment survey.

E Castellacci, T Polieri - Drugs under experimental and clinical …, 2004 - europepmc.org
A total of 40 outpatients (28 men and 12 women) aged between 18 and 82 years with
primary or secondary symptomatic knee osteoarthritis (OA) were selected for this …

Effects of hyaluronic acid on cartilage degradation

D Uebelhart, JM Williams - Current Opinion in Rheumatology, 1999 - journals.lww.com
Based on the published literature available so far, it appears that naturally derived
hyaluronic acid (HA) and newer formulations available on the market belong to the …

[HTML][HTML] Hyaluronans in the treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee: evidence for disease-modifying activity

VM Goldberg, JA Buckwalter - Osteoarthritis and cartilage, 2005 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: Although available nonsurgical pharmacotherapies for treatment of
osteoarthritis (OA) are considered to be solely symptom-modifying agents, recent advances …

A comparison of two different intra-articular hyaluronan drugs and physical therapy in the management of knee osteoarthritis

F Atamaz, Y Kirazli, Y Akkoc - Rheumatology international, 2006 - Springer
The aim of this study was to compare the effects of physical therapy agents (PTA) and two
different intra-articular hyaluronan drugs (sodium hyaluronate (NaHA) and hylan GF 20) on …

A randomised, double-blind, controlled trial comparing two intra-articular hyaluronic acid preparations differing by their molecular weight in symptomatic knee …

F Berenbaum, J Grifka, S Cazzaniga… - Annals of the …, 2012 - ard.bmj.com
Objectives To compare the effects of an intermediate molecular weight (MW) intra-articular
hyaluronic acid (HA) with a low MW product on knee osteoarthritis (OA) symptoms. Methods …