A New Treatment Option in Osteoarthritis: Prolotherapy Injections
نویسندگان
چکیده
Osteoarthritis is the most common degenerative disorder, and one of the major causes of physical disability in adults. Unfortunately many people experience arthroplasty or other major surgeries, in spite of improvements of the conservative options. There is a need for efficient treatment methods in this group of patients. Prolotherapy is one of the simple and safe injection-based complementary method and it’s efficiency was proved in the musculoskeletal problems. The aim of this article is to present current perspectives of prolotherapy in osteoarthritis.
منابع مشابه
مقایسه تاثیر هیالورونیک اسید و دکستروز پرولوتراپی داخل مفصلی در درمان درد استئوآرتریت زانو
Background: Conservative treatment needs to be tried prior to surgical treatment of knee osteoarthritis. This study was designed to evaluate the short-term effects of dextrose prolotherapy on pain relief and functional improvement in knee osteoarthritis in comparison with intra-articular hyaluronic acid injections. Methods: In this double blind clinical trial, 100 patients, aged 40-70 years, ...
متن کاملIntra-articular Injections for Osteoarthritis: From Bench to Bedside, can we Teach Old Drugs New Tricks?
The two articles in this month’s press of The Journal of Arthritis, one by Ekinci et al. titled ‘A New Treatment Option in Osteoarthritis: Prolotherapy Injections’ and the other by Senatorov et al. titled ‘Clinical Outcome of Hylan G-F 20 Injections in Shoulder and Hip Osteoarthritis: A Retrospective Review’ raise several important points surrounding the topic of intra-articular injections [1,2...
متن کاملProlotherapy: a clinical review of its role in treating chronic musculoskeletal pain.
Prolotherapy is a technique that involves the injection of an irritant, usually a hyperosmolar dextrose solution, typically in the treatment of chronic painful musculoskeletal conditions. Despite its long history and widespread use as a form of complementary therapy, there still are disparities over its optimal indications and injection preparations. There are, however, numerous studies availab...
متن کاملComparative effectiveness of dextrose prolotherapy versus control injections and exercise in the management of osteoarthritis pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis
BACKGROUND Increasing evidence has supported the use of dextrose prolotherapy for patients with osteoarthritis. However, the real benefits may be affected by differences in injection protocols, comparative regimens, and evaluation scales. METHODS PubMed and Scopus were searched from the earliest record until February 2016. One single-arm study and five randomized controlled trials were includ...
متن کاملAssessment effectiveness of hypertonic dextrose prolotherapy compared with erythropoietin, platelet-rich plasma and radiofrequency prolotherapy in knee osteoarthritis treatment in Iran
Aims and background: Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a major public health issue because it causes chronic pain, reduces physical function and diminishes quality of life. Knee osteoarthritis is a chronic disease and is one of the most common causes of disability in the elderly. Population ageing and increased global prevalence of obesity are anticipated to dramatically increase the prevalence of kn...
متن کامل