Intra-articular injection modalities have varying effects in patients with knee OA

CHICAGO — Platelet-rich plasma injections provided pain relief for osteoarthritic knees for up to 1 year after treatment, based on a systematic literature review presented here.
Edward S. Mojica, BS, and colleagues conducted the review to investigate maximal medical improvement following knee intra-articular injections in patients with symptomatic knee OA. In addition to platelet-rich plasma — both leukocyte-poor PRP (LP-PRP) and leukocyte-rich PRP (LR-PRP), injections they studied were corticosteroids (CS) and hyaluronic acid (HA). HA injections were designated as low, middle or

CHICAGO — Platelet-rich plasma injections provided pain relief for osteoarthritic knees for up to 1 year after treatment, based on a systematic literature review presented here.
Edward S. Mojica, BS, and colleagues conducted the review to investigate maximal medical improvement following knee intra-articular injections in patients with symptomatic knee OA. In addition to platelet-rich plasma — both leukocyte-poor PRP (LP-PRP) and leukocyte-rich PRP (LR-PRP), injections they studied were corticosteroids (CS) and hyaluronic acid (HA). HA injections were designated as low, middle or