Sten Rasmussen, Kristian Kjaer Petersen, Christopher Aboo, Jacob Skallerup Andersen, Emilie Skjoldemose, Nia Kristine Jørgensen, Allan Stensballe, Lars Arendt-Nielsen
BACKGROUND: Recently, in an open pilot study, we found up to two years, a potential pain-relieving effect of intra-articular gold micro-particles using the patient's synovial fluid for patients with knee osteoarthritis (KOA). During the study the excluded group of patients, due to multisite pain, co-morbidities, and other exclusion criteria., received intra-articular gold micro-particles using hyaluronic acid,. We aimed to identify if pre-treatment characteristics influence the global outcome two years after intra-articular treatment for painful KOA with gold microparticles using hyaluronic acid...
March 12, 2024: BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders