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Intravenous bisphosphonates do not improve knee pain or bone marrow lesions in people with knee osteoarthritis: a meta-analysis.

Xu ZhangGuoqi CaiGraeme JonesGuang-He Fei
Published in: Rheumatology (Oxford, England) (2021)
ZA has no effect on knee pain, possibly a short-term effect on BML size and higher rates of adverse events. Neridronate may improve pain in the short term, but this is based on a single trial.
Keyphrases
  • knee osteoarthritis
  • chronic pain
  • pain management
  • bone marrow
  • neuropathic pain
  • total knee arthroplasty
  • mesenchymal stem cells
  • clinical trial
  • randomized controlled trial
  • low dose
  • phase ii
  • double blind