Safety and efficacy of long‐term intraarticular steroid injections in osteoarthritis of the knee: A randomized, double‐blind, placebo‐controlled trial

Abstract

Our findings support the long-term safety of IA steroid injections for patients with symptomatic knee OA. No deleterious effects of the long-term administration of IA steroids on the anatomical structure of the knee were noted. Moreover, long-term treatment of knee OA with repeated steroid injections appears to be clinically effective for the relief of symptoms of the disease.