Improved pain and function in knee osteoarthritis with dexamethasone phonophoresis: A randomized controlled trial

Conclusion: DxPh resulted in a greater improvement in pain and function in patients with knee OA than therapeutic ultrasound combined with exercise and TENS. The effect size of phonophoresis was clinically significant and higher than that reported for intraarticular steroid injection from pooled data in the literature.

Source: Indian Journal of Orthopaedics - October 6, 2019 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Mohamed Ahmed Said Ahmed Emad Samuel Boles Saweeres Nasr Awad Abdelkader Salwa Fadl Abdelmajeed Ahmed Roshdy Fares Source Type: research