Many people suffering from knee osteoarthritis turn to corticosteroid injections for pain relief, but two new studies suggest that the treatment may be do more harm than good. The studies found that ...

Knee pain can be incredibly disruptive - turning simple, everyday activities like walking, climbing stairs, or even standing up from a chair into painful challenges. In search of quick relief, many ...

Researchers comparing two injections commonly used to relieve knee pain from osteoarthritis—corticosteroid and hyaluronic acid—found that corticosteroid injections were associated with higher ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Results presented at the Radiological Society of North America Annual Meeting showed corticosteroid injections ...

Two studies comparing injections commonly used to relieve the pain of knee osteoarthritis found that corticosteroid injections were associated with the progression of the disease. Results of both ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Corticosteroid injections failed to improve on lidocaine-only injections in knee OA. Further research is needed ...

The common practice of treating knee pain with corticosteroid injections may actually help speed up the progression of arthritis, two studies have found. But injections of hyaluronic acid — a steroid- ...

Knee pain can be debilitating, making simple tasks like walking, climbing stairs, or even standing up a painful experience. For many, the quick fix seems to be a cortisone shot - an anti-inflammatory ...

CHICAGO – Two studies comparing injections commonly used to relieve the pain of knee osteoarthritis found that corticosteroid injections were associated with the progression of the disease. Results of ...

A pair of new studies presented at the Radiological Society of North America (RCNA) annual meeting have revealed evidence that corticosteroid injections can hasten progression of knee osteoarthritis.

"[I]it is difficult to extrapolate what we have observed over longer periods, i.e., 5 or 10 years. Concerning the frequency of injection, the data from Timothy McAlindon (Boston) suggest that we ...

Corticosteroid (CS) injections may worsen progression of knee osteoarthritis (OA) as seen on radiography and whole-knee MRI. Injecting hyaluronic acid (HA) instead, or managing the condition without ...