Osteoarthritis: Intra-articular hyaluronic acid therapy in severe rhizarthrosis

Nature Reviews Rheumatology 10, 698 (2014). doi:10.1038/nrrheum.2014.185 A recent report shows that intra-articular injections of hyaluronic acid or betamethasone are similarly effective and well-tolerated treatments for Kellgren–Lawrence grade II–III rhizarthrosis. However, in the most severely affected patients (baseline functional index score ≥5 and pain score ≥3), hyaluronic acid led to substantially improved
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