Treatment of painful osteoarthritis of the knee with hyaluronic acid results of a multicenter Asian study

Hyaluronic acid is a component of synovial fluid, in osteoarthritis (OA) and shows a change of property of hyaluronic acid especially its viscoelasticity causing degradation of the cartilage. Injection of hyaluronic acid into OA of the knee (Hyalgan® 2 ml/wk for 4 doses) in international multicentre...

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Main Authors: Narong Bunyaratavej, Kaiming Chan, Narainswani Subramanian
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spelling th-mahidol.267102018-09-07T16:46:18Z Treatment of painful osteoarthritis of the knee with hyaluronic acid results of a multicenter Asian study Narong Bunyaratavej Kaiming Chan Narainswani Subramanian Mahidol University Chinese University of Hong Kong University of Malaya Medicine Hyaluronic acid is a component of synovial fluid, in osteoarthritis (OA) and shows a change of property of hyaluronic acid especially its viscoelasticity causing degradation of the cartilage. Injection of hyaluronic acid into OA of the knee (Hyalgan® 2 ml/wk for 4 doses) in international multicentres gave dramatic responses : decreased pain, increased mobility of the joint after 49 days of injections compared to a placebo (2 ml of normal saline) p<0.01. 2018-09-07T09:46:18Z 2018-09-07T09:46:18Z 2001-10-01 Article Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand. Vol.84, No.SUPPL. 2 (2001) 01252208 2-s2.0-0142139057 https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/26710 Mahidol University SCOPUS https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=0142139057&origin=inward
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Narong Bunyaratavej
Kaiming Chan
Narainswani Subramanian
Treatment of painful osteoarthritis of the knee with hyaluronic acid results of a multicenter Asian study
description Hyaluronic acid is a component of synovial fluid, in osteoarthritis (OA) and shows a change of property of hyaluronic acid especially its viscoelasticity causing degradation of the cartilage. Injection of hyaluronic acid into OA of the knee (Hyalgan® 2 ml/wk for 4 doses) in international multicentres gave dramatic responses : decreased pain, increased mobility of the joint after 49 days of injections compared to a placebo (2 ml of normal saline) p<0.01.
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Narong Bunyaratavej
Kaiming Chan
Narainswani Subramanian
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author Narong Bunyaratavej
Kaiming Chan
Narainswani Subramanian
author_sort Narong Bunyaratavej
title Treatment of painful osteoarthritis of the knee with hyaluronic acid results of a multicenter Asian study
title_short Treatment of painful osteoarthritis of the knee with hyaluronic acid results of a multicenter Asian study
title_full Treatment of painful osteoarthritis of the knee with hyaluronic acid results of a multicenter Asian study
title_fullStr Treatment of painful osteoarthritis of the knee with hyaluronic acid results of a multicenter Asian study
title_full_unstemmed Treatment of painful osteoarthritis of the knee with hyaluronic acid results of a multicenter Asian study
title_sort treatment of painful osteoarthritis of the knee with hyaluronic acid results of a multicenter asian study
publishDate 2018
url https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/26710
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