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Viscosupplementation for Knee Osteoarthritis

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October 2022

Viscosupplementation for Knee Osteoarthritis

Vol: 302| Issue: 2| Number:2| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:N/A
Journal Level of Evidence:N/A

Viscosupplementation for knee osteoarthritis: systematic review and meta-analysis

BMJ. 2022; 378: e069722.

Contributing Authors:
TV Pereira P Juni P Saadat D Xing L Yao Pavlos Bobos A Agarwal CA Hincapie BR da Costa

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Synopsis

169 trials including 21,163 patients with knee osteoarthritis were included in this meta-analysis comparing viscosupplementation with placebo/no intervention. The primary outcome of interest was pain intensity. Secondary outcomes of interest included function and the risk of serious adverse events. The results of the pooled meta-analysis found that small improvements in pain and function that were...

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