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.
Firstly that there is a paucity of high quality literature in the field that
often leads to inconclusive or misrepresented
conclusions on drug efficacy in established treatments. The articles also
highlight the heterogeneity in injection procedure, site, concentration,
preparation and outcome measurements.
This editorial will, therefore, provide a
concise review on some of the current injection therapies and suggest possible
improvements to methodological structure to inspire readers strive for high
quality data.
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