Intra-articular hyaluronic acid injection versus oral non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug for the treatment of knee osteoarthritis: a multi-center, randomized, open-label, non-inferiority trial.

Ishijima, Muneaki; Nakamura, Toshitaka; Shimizu, Katsuji; Hayashi, Kunihiko; Kikuchi, Hiraku; Soen, Satoshi; Omori, Go; Yamashita, Toshihiko; Uchio, Yuji; Chiba, Junji; Ideno, Yuki; Kubota, Mitsuaki; Kurosawa, Hisashi; Kaneko, Kazuo; Group of Cartilage Metabolism, Research

doi:10.1186/ar4446

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Intra-articular hyaluronic acid injection versus oral non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug for the treatment of knee osteoarthritis: a multi-center, randomized, open-label, non-inferiority trial.

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Muneaki Ishijima

Toshitaka Nakamura

Katsuji Shimizu

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: While many of the commonly used conservative treatments for knee osteoarthritis (OA) have been recognized to be effective, there is still insufficient evidence available. Among the pharmacological treatments for knee OA, oral non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) act rapidly a...

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