Intra-articular hyaluronic acid injections for hip osteoarthritis: a level I systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The present systematic review investigated the efficacy of intra-articular hyaluronic acid (HA) viscosupplementation for hip osteoarthritis (OA) in patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) and whether different molecular weights of HA are associated with different outcomes.

Methods

This study was conducted according to the 2020 PRISMA statement. In January 2025, PubMed, Web of Science, Google Scholar, and Embase were accessed. All the randomised controlled trials (RCTs) evaluating the efficacy of intra-articular HA injections in the hip for OA were included.

Results

Nine hundred and eighty-two patients (56% women, mean age 62.2 ± 4.0 years, mean follow-up 6.4 ± 2.7 months, mean BMI 27.5 ± 2.1 kg/m²) were analysed. Patients receiving high molecular

SUBMITTER: Migliorini F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12064613 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature