Corticosteroid injections provide temporary pain relief from knee osteoarthritis, but they also appear to do more harm than good in the long term, two new studies found. People who received the ...

Two new studies suggest that corticosteroid injections may worsen knee osteoarthritis and hyaluronic acid injections may be a better fit for some people.

Nov. 29 (UPI) --Steroid injections used to relieve the pain of knee osteoarthritis actually may worsen the disease's progression, according to two studies presented Tuesday at the Radiological ...

A pair of new studies have revealed evidence corticosteroid injections can hasten progression of knee osteoarthritis. The research, yet to be peer-reviewed and published, indicates hyaluronic acid ...

"While both corticosteroid and hyaluronic acid injections are reported to help with symptomatic pain relief for knee osteoarthritis, our results conclusively show that corticosteroids are ...

Knee MRI scans in a 58-year-old female participant in the Osteoarthritis Initiative who was administered a corticosteroid injection. Sagittal intermediate-weighted images obtained (A) 2 years ...

To arrive at these findings, the researchers analyzed the health data of 70 participants with knee osteoarthritis who had one of the two injections (44 received a corticosteroid and 26 hyaluronic ...

A recent multicenter randomized controlled trial published in BMC Medicine has demonstrated that physical therapy yields significantly better outcomes than glucocorticoid injections for ...

CHICAGO, Nov. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Two studies comparing injections commonly used to relieve the pain of knee osteoarthritis found that corticosteroid injections were associated with the ...

By targeting inflammation in the knee joint, cortisone injections can temporarily ease pain and swelling, making them an appealing option when you’re hurting. But cortisone shots are just that ...

Researchers comparing two injections commonly used to relieve knee pain from osteoarthritis—corticosteroid and hyaluronic acid—found that corticosteroid injections were associated with higher ...