Hyaluronic acid injections don't help knee osteoarthritis, study finds - STAT - STAT

Despite decades of mounting evidence showing hyaluronic acid injections don’t help most osteoarthritis patients, the shots have become more widely used.

A commonly used treatment for people with knee osteoarthritis is barely more effective than the placebo effect in reducing pain and improving function, a new review of 50 years of data found. Yet des… [+6655 chars]

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