Investigating the efficacy of intra-articular corticosteroid injections in osteoarthritis versus inflammatory arthritis: impact on inflammatory pain and sensitisation outcome measures

Abstract

Purpose: Intra-articular corticosteroid injections are widely used in clinical practice for the treatment of flare-ups in osteoarthritis (OA) and inflammatory arthritis (IA). However, different studies have reported varying efficacy of intra-articular corticosteroid injections for knee flare in distinct forms of arthritis. A meta-analysis study by Mikhail et al. (2020) evaluated the efficacy of intra-articular knee corticosteroid injections in OA participants. With 8 studies included, Mikhail et al.