Hyaluronic acid injections for knee osteoarthritis. Systematic review of the literature

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 50, Issue FEB., 2004, Pages 249-256

  Aggarwal, Anita ^b   Sempowski, Ian P ^a  

^a Centre for Family Medicine Ontario   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ARTHROTEC; CAPSAICIN; CHONDROITIN SULFATE; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOSAMINE; HYALURONIC ACID; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; NAPROXEN; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; SALICYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SALICYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; STEROID; SUPLASYN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACKACHE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; DRUG MECHANISM; EDEMA; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEMORRHOID; HUMAN; INJECTION PAIN; JOINT PROSTHESIS; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; MEDLINE; MUSCLE CRAMP; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRURITUS; RANDOMIZATION; REVIEW; SKIN ABRASION; VASCULITIS;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1342266053     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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