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- Title
Impact of hyaluronic acid injection on the knee joint friction.
- Authors
de Roy, Luisa; Eichhorn, Kerstin; Faschingbauer, Martin; Schlickenrieder, Klaus; Ignatius, Anita; Seitz, Andreas Martin
- Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of this in vitro study was to investigate whether or not hyaluronic acid supplementation improves knee joint friction during osteoarthritis progression under gait-like loading conditions. Methods: Twelve human cadaveric knee joints were equally divided into mild and moderate osteoarthritic groups. After initial conservative preparation, a passive pendulum setup was used to test the whole joints under gait-like conditions before and after hyaluronic acid supplementation. The friction-related damping properties given by the coefficient of friction µ and the damping coefficient c (in kg m2/s) were calculated from the decaying flexion–extension motion of the knee. Subsequently, tibial and femoral cartilage and meniscus samples were extracted from the joints and tested in an established dynamic pin-on-plate tribometer using synthetic synovial fluid followed by synthetic synovial fluid supplemented with hyaluronic acid as lubricant. Friction was quantified by calculating the coefficient of friction. Results: In the pendulum tests, the moderate OA group indicated significantly lower c0 values (p < 0.05) under stance phase conditions and significantly lower µ0 (p = 0.01) values under swing phase conditions. No degeneration-related statistical differences were found for µend or cend. Friction was not significantly different (p > 0.05) with regard to mild and moderate osteoarthritis in the pin-on-plate tests. Additionally, hyaluronic acid did not affect friction in both, the pendulum (p > 0.05) and pin-on-plate friction tests (p > 0.05). Conclusion: The results of this in vitro study suggested that the friction of cadaveric knee joint tissues does not increase with progressing degeneration. Moreover, hyaluronic acid viscosupplementation does not lead to an initial decrease in knee joint friction.
- Subjects
KNEE joint; HYALURONIC acid; FRICTION; SYNOVIAL fluid; INJECTIONS
- Publication
Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy, 2023, Vol 31, Issue 12, p5554
- ISSN
0942-2056
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00167-023-07602-w