Additional Effects of Steroid and Dextrose to Hyaluronic Acid on Knee Osteoarthritis

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2020-07-31
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Using double-blind, randomized controlled design to compare the immediate, short-term and intermediate-term additional therapeutic effects of ultrasound-guided corticosteroid injection and dextrose injection of hyaluronic acid injection on patients with knee osteoarthritis, under the basis of International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Taipei Medical University
• Collaborator: Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital
• Treatments: Hyaluronic Acid

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• clinical diagnosis of knee osteoarthritis can walk for 15 meters Kellgren-Lawerence grade 2 or greater than 2 can follow up for 6 months

Exclusion Criteria:

• major diseases will affect balance, such as stroke, infectious diseases, rheumatoid arthritis, dizziness, or vertigo fractures malignance pregnancy or prepare to pregnant received knee injections in the past 6 months previous operation of knee joints