Intra-articular corticosteroid injections are known to provide short-term pain relief from knee osteoarthritis (OA) and improve function for patients who are not ready or able to undergo surgical treatment. However, there are complementary reviews on the use of intra-articular corticosteroid injections in Knee OA patients. In this regard, a recent study investigated the efficacy of intra-articular corticosteroid injections in patients with symptomatic knee OA and factors that affect treatment response.
Around 100 participants with radiographic evidence of knee OA were involved in this multicentered cohort study. These participants received one corticosteroid injection into the affected knee and were evaluated before the injection (baseline) and at 3 weeks, 6 weeks, 3 months, and 6 months after the injection. Research Findings Participants' Visual Numeric Scale (VNS) and Western Ontario…
