Clinical benefit of intra-articular saline as a comparator in clinical trials of knee osteoarthritis treatments: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials

Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 151-159

  Altman, Roy D ^a   Devji, Tahira ^b   Bhandari, Mohit ^b   Fierlinger, Anke ^c   Niazi, Faizan ^c   Christensen, Robin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Ferring Pharmaceuticals Inc USA   (United States)

^d FREDERIKSBERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

hyaluronic acid; intra articular therapy; osteoarthritis; placebo; steroids

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; HYALURONIC ACID; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE DISCOMFORT; INJECTION SITE HYPERSENSITIVITY; INJECTION SITE INFECTION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; META ANALYSIS; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THROMBOCYTE RICH PLASMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; DRUG EFFECTS; INTRAARTICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KNEE; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN;

HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; KNEE JOINT; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84969931016     PISSN: 00490172     EISSN: 1532866X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2016.04.003     Document Type: Article

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