Adding Ozone to Dextrose and Somatropin for Intra-articular Knee Prolotherapy: A Randomized Single-Blinded Controlled Trial.
Farnad ImaniKokab HejazianMohammad-Reza KazemiMahnaz Narimani-ZamanabadiKhalid M MalikPublished in: Anesthesiology and pain medicine (2020)
For patients with knee OA, prolotherapy with ozone plus hypertonic dextrose and somatropin was more effective in sedating the pain and improving the stiffness and function of the knee than dextrose and somatropin alone.
Keyphrases
- total knee arthroplasty
- knee osteoarthritis
- anterior cruciate ligament
- anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
- chronic pain
- particulate matter
- hydrogen peroxide
- study protocol
- pain management
- randomized controlled trial
- open label
- clinical trial
- neuropathic pain
- spinal cord
- nitric oxide
- air pollution
- placebo controlled
- postoperative pain