Intra-articular hyaluronic acid in treatment of knee osteoarthritis: a meta-analysis

Category Structured summary of systematic reviews
JournalDatabase of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE)
Year 2005
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This review assessed the effectiveness of intra-articular hyaluronic acid for knee osteoarthritis. The authors concluded that intra-articular hyaluronic acid had a small effect on pain compared with intra-articular placebo, but publication bias may have overestimated the effect. No firm conclusions could be drawn about the highest molecular weight hyaluronic acid. The authors' conclusions are likely to be reliable.
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First added on: Jun 07, 2012