A single shot that appears to regrow worn knee cartilage and head off arthritis sounds like science fiction, yet early data ...
A treatment that blocks an age-related protein restored cartilage in aging and injured joints by reprogramming existing cells ...
The treatment also prevented the development of arthritis after knee injuries such as ACL tears often experienced by athletes ...
Knee cartilage usually wears down quietly. Over time, that loss can turn walking stairs into a daily calculation.
The common practice of treating knee pain with corticosteroid injections may actually help speed up the progression of arthritis, two studies have found. But injections of hyaluronic acid — a steroid- ...
Physicians accepting payments from drug and device companies administered significantly more hyaluronic acid (HA) injections to Medicare beneficiaries for knee osteoarthritis, researchers found. Those ...
Many people suffering from knee osteoarthritis turn to corticosteroid injections for pain relief, but two new studies suggest that the treatment may be do more harm than good. The studies found that ...
Researchers comparing two injections commonly used to relieve knee pain from osteoarthritis—corticosteroid and hyaluronic acid—found that corticosteroid injections were associated with higher ...
Platelet-rich plasma injections did not significantly improve knee osteoarthritis pain symptoms or joint structure compared with placebo injections in a randomized controlled trial. “Pain in ...