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Shot restores knee cartilage and may block arthritis, early results stun

A single shot that appears to regrow worn knee cartilage and head off arthritis sounds like science fiction, yet early data from aging and cartilage research are edging that idea closer to reality.
Nature

Intraarticular injection of the stromal vascular fraction for the treatment of knee osteoarthritis a prospective randomized controlled clinical trial

Currently, conservative treatment for knee osteoarthritis (KOA) has limited efficacy, and autologous adipose-derived stromal vascular fraction (SVF) knee injections, a novel treatment approach, are ...
EurekAlert!

Knee arthritis made worse with steroid injections

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

Treatment of knee osteoarthritis with a single injection of autologous micro-fragmented adipose tissue is not superior to a placebo saline injection: a blinded randomised ...

1 Sports Orthopedic Research Center–Copenhagen (SORC-C), Arthroscopic Center, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Copenhagen University Hospital, Amager-Hvidovre, Hvidovre, Denmark Objective To ...

A new procedure delivers knee arthritis relief without surgery, and the lasting effect is getting doctors’ attention

For many people with knee osteoarthritis, the hardest part is not getting a diagnosis. It is living in the awkward middle, where pills, physical therapy, and injections no longer do enough, but knee ...