In The News: August 2013

When recently revising its 2009 clinical practice guideline of osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee, the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) clarified its stand on the use of intra-articular hyaluronic acid (HA). When reviewing 14 studies assessing HA injections for knee OA, the Academy concluded that the "treatment did not meet the minimum clinically important improvement thresholds."