• JAMA · Dec 2016

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    Intra-articular Corticosteroids for Osteoarthritis of the Knee.

    • Bruno R da Costa, Roman Hari, and Peter Jüni.
    • Institute of Primary Health Care, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
    • JAMA. 2016 Dec 27; 316 (24): 2671-2672.

    Clinical QuestionAre intra-articular corticosteroids associated with improvement in pain and physical function compared with sham injection or no intervention in patients with knee osteoarthritis?Bottom LineIntra-articular corticosteroids may be associated with moderate improvement in pain and a small improvement in physical function up to 6 weeks after injection. However, the quality of the evidence is low.

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