Intra-articular corticosteroids unlikely to benefit osteoarthritis patients
1. In this double blind, randomized controlled trial, intra-articular triamcinolone injections did not prevent cartilage degeneration compared to saline injection ...
Tag: osteoarthritis
The Internet may be an effective tool for treating chronic knee pain
1. Significantly greater pain improvement was observed in patients in the intervention group compared to the control. 2. Patients in ...
Patient and provider interventions no better than usual care for osteoarthritis
1. No statistically significant improvement associated with combined patient and provider intervention in osteoarthritis patients compared to usual care. 2. ...
Cardiovascular outcomes are similar for arthritis patients treated with selective and nonselective NSAIDs
1. Patients with arthritis treated with celecoxib experienced cardiovascular (CV) outcomes at a rate noninferior to those treated with ibuprofen ...
Chondrocyte-specific viral vector improves osteoarthritis gene therapy in mice [PreClinical]
1. A helper-dependent adenoviral vector (HDV) was modified with an antibody (a10mab) that specifically targeted molecules on the chondrocyte cell ...
Vitamin D3 supplementation does not improve pain or cartilage thickness in knee osteoarthritis: The VIDEO trial
1. This study found no difference in reported pain levels among patients with knee osteoarthritis who took wither placebo or ...
Combined patient and provider intervention associated with improvement in osteoarthritis management in veterans
1. From a randomized clinical trial, intervention at both the patient and provider level showed modest improvement in osteoarthritis management ...
Obesity significantly associated with knee osteoarthritis
1. In a meta-analysis of 14 prospective studies, increased body mass index (BMI) was a significant risk factor for knee ...
Placebo formulation impacts effectiveness of pain control in osteoarthritis
1. From a systematic review, intra-articular and topical placebos had greater effects on pain scores than oral placebos. 2. When ...
Corticosteroid injections ineffective for exercise pain in knee osteoarthritis
1. There was no significant difference in pain scores between groups that received corticosteroid intra-articular injections with exercise therapy and ...
