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CLINICAL QUESTION: Are intra-articular corticosteroids associated with improvement in pain and physical function compared with sham injection or no intervention in patients with knee osteoarthritis? BOTTOM LINE: Intra-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.

Original publication

DOI

10.1001/jama.2016.17565

Type

Journal article

Journal

JAMA

Publication Date

27/12/2016

Volume

316

Pages

2671 - 2672

Keywords

Adrenal Cortex Hormones, Humans, Injections, Intra-Articular, Knee Joint, Osteoarthritis, Knee, Pain Measurement