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The Efficacy and Duration of Intra-articular Corticosteroid Injection for Knee Osteoarthritis: A Systematic Review of Level I Studies
Journal of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, 10/01/09

Hepper CT et al. – Following an electronic search of multiple databases and a review of reference lists from various articles, the authors found 6 trials in 5 papers that compared corticosteroid versus placebo and four papers that compared different corticosteroids. Results of corticosteroid compared with placebo showed both a statistically and clinically significant reduction in pain at 1 week, with an average difference between groups of 22%. 2 of 4 trials showed triamcinolone to be more effective in pain reduction than other corticosteroids. The authors concluded that intra–articular corticosteroids reduce knee pain for at least 1 week and that intra–articular corticosteroid injection is a short–term treatment of a chronic problem.

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Platelet-rich plasma: intra-articular knee injections produced favorable results on degenerative cartilage lesions
Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy, 10/20/09 Relevance Score: 81%

Viscosupplementation Treatment of Arthritis Pain
Current Pain and Headache Reports, 11/06/09 Relevance Score: 80%

The Safety of Flavocoxid, a Medical Food, in the Dietary Management of Knee Osteoarthritis
Journal of Medicinal Food, 10/30/09 Relevance Score: 69%

Knee Extension and Flexion Weakness in People With Knee Osteoarthritis: Is Antagonist Co-contraction a Factor
Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy, 10/26/09 Relevance Score: 69%

Effect of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug plasters for knee osteoarthritis in Japanese: a randomized controlled trial
Modern Rheumatology, 10/12/09 Relevance Score: 69%