The Effects of Ultrasound-guided Corticosteroid Injection Compared to Mesenchymal Stem Cell Injection in Patients with Grade II and III Knee Osteoarthritis: A Randomized Double-blind Controlled Trial.

Objective: This study investigated the effects of a single dose injection of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) under ultrasound guidance for knee osteoarthritis (KOA).

Design: The study included 30 subjects in the intervention group, who received the MSC injection and 27 in the control group who received triamcinolone. Various outcome measures, including pain levels, range of motion (ROM), and MRI parameters, were evaluated before the intervention and at different time points after treatment.

Ultrasound-Guided Pes Anserine Bursitis Injection Choices: Prolotherapy or Oxygen-Ozone or Corticosteroid: A Randomized Multicenter Clinical Trial.

Objective: Pes anserine bursitis is the most common cause of periarticular knee pain. The aim of the study was to evaluate the efficacy of local injection-based therapies with different materials.

Design: The enrolled patients were randomly allocated to three groups to receive different interventions.

Cervical Trigger Point Acupuncture for Treatment of Somatic Tinnitus.

Cervicogenic somatic tinnitus is a subtype of subjective tinnitus and is defined as tinnitus in which forceful contractions of jaw and neck muscles modulate its psychoacoustic attributes. Various physical therapies have been proposed for the treatment of somatosensory tinnitus although there is no definitive cure for it. This report describes the use of acupuncture in the treatment of a 71-year-old woman with chronic neck pain who suffered from a left-sided tinnitus for 2 years as well.