Public Interest in Hyaluronic Acid Injections for Knee Osteoarthritis in the United States and Europe: An International Google Trends Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hyaluronic acid injections remain a common nonsurgical alternative for the treatment of knee osteoarthritis despite limited clinical evidence and varying global recommendations regarding its use. We used the Google Trends tool to provide a quantitative analysis of public interest in hyaluronic acid injections for knee osteoarthritis in the United States and Europe.

Methods

We customized Google Trends parameters to obtain search data from January 2009 to December 2019 in both the United States and Europe. Combinations of "arthritis", "osteoarthritis", "hyaluronic acid", "knee arthritis", "knee osteoarthritis", and "knee injection" were entered into the Google Trends tool, and trend analyses were performed.

Results

The models generated to describe public inte

SUBMITTER: Cohen SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9638715 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature