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Greater pain and functional improvement with highly- versus moderately-crosslinked HA in knee OA

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April 2019

Greater pain and functional improvement with highly- versus moderately-crosslinked HA in knee OA

Vol: 8| Issue: 4| Number:21| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:2
Journal Level of Evidence:N/A

A pilot study to compare two different hyaluronic acid compounds for treatment of knee osteoarthritis.

Int J Immunopathol Pharmacol. 2012 Oct-Dec;25(4):1093-8

Contributing Authors:
T Iannitti V Rottigni B Palmieri

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20 patients with bilateral knee osteoarthritis were administered two intraarticular injections of Variofill in the right knee and two intraarticular injections of Hylan G-F 20 in the left knee. Patients were assessed for treatment response on a Visual Analog Scale for pain and the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) after 3 and 6 months. Comparative efficacy was ...

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