Intra-articular Knee Injections and Progression of Knee Osteoarthritis: Data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative

2025/05/01 by Upasana U. Bharadwaj, Upasana Bharadwaj, J.A. Lynch +8 · 14 citations
Medicine · #Anatomy #Hyaluronic acid #Intra articular #Knee Joint #Knee injuries and reconstruction techniques #Medicine #Osteoarthritis #Osteoarthritis Treatment and Mechanisms #Pathology #Surgery #Total Knee Arthroplasty Outcomes

paper · open access · doi:10.1148/radiol.233081

published in Radiology 315(2), e233081 (Radiological Society of North America)

openalex publication_date 2025/05/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/06

Abstract

= .04) were associated with reduced pain after injection. Conclusion Corticosteroid injections were associated with higher OA progression than HA injections and controls, whereas HA was associated with decreased progression at MRI for up to 2 years after injection. ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00080171 © RSNA, 2025.

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