Intra-articular Corticosteroids for Osteoarthritis of the Knee

CLINICAL QUESTION: Are intra-articular corticosteroids associated with improvement in pain and physical function compared with sham injection or no intervention in patients with knee osteoarthritis? BOTTOM LINE: Intra-articular corticosteroids may be associated with moderate improvement in pain and...

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Published inJAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association Vol. 316; no. 24; pp. 2671 - 2672
Main Authors da Costa, Bruno R, Hari, Roman, Jüni, Peter
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States American Medical Association 27.12.2016
Subjects
Adrenal Cortex Hormones
Arthritis
Humans
Injections, Intra-Articular
Knee Joint
Osteoarthritis, Knee
Pain Measurement
Steroids
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ISSN0098-7484
1538-3598
1538-3598
DOI10.1001/jama.2016.17565

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Summary:CLINICAL QUESTION: Are intra-articular corticosteroids associated with improvement in pain and physical function compared with sham injection or no intervention in patients with knee osteoarthritis? BOTTOM LINE: Intra-articular corticosteroids may be associated with moderate improvement in pain and a small improvement in physical function up to 6 weeks after injection. However, the quality of the evidence is low.
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ISSN:0098-7484
1538-3598
1538-3598
DOI:10.1001/jama.2016.17565