Therapeutic effects of prolotherapy with intra-articular dextrose injection in patients with moderate knee osteoarthritis: a single-arm study with 6 months follow up

Conclusions: Prolotherapy with three intra-articular injections of hypertonic dextrose given 4 weeks apart for selected patients with knee OA, resulted in significant improvement of validated pain, ROM, and WOMAC-based function scores, when baseline levels were compared at 24 weeks. Further studies with randomized controlled trials involving a comparison group are suggested to confirm these findings.

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Source: Therapeutic Advances in Musculoskeletal Disease - March 11, 2015 Category: Orthopaedics Authors: Eslamian, F., Amouzandeh, B. Tags: Original Research Source Type: research