• DOI:10.1001/archinte.162.18.2113
Corpus ID: 9987437.oa

Glucosamine sulfate use and delay of progression of knee osteoarthritis: a 3-year, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind study.

@article{Pavelka2002GlucosamineSU,
  title={Glucosamine sulfate use and delay of progression of knee osteoarthritis: a 3-year, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind study.},
  author={Karel Pavelka and Jindři{\vs}ka Gatterov{\'a} and Marta Olej{\'a}rov{\'a} and S. Machacek and Giampaolo Giacovelli and Lucio Claudio Rovati},
  journal={Archives of internal medicine},
  year={2002},
  volume={162 18},
  pages={
          2113-23
        }
}

Karel Pavelka, Jindřiška Gatterová, +3 authors Lucio Claudio Rovati

Published in Archives of internal medicine 2002

Medicine

BACKGROUND Conventional symptomatic treatments for osteoarthritis do not favorably affect disease progression. The aim of this randomized, placebo-controlled trial was to determine whether long-term (3-year) treatment with glucosamine sulfate can modify the progression of joint structure and symptom changes in knee osteoarthritis, as previously suggested. METHODS Two hundred two patients with knee osteoarthritis (using American College of Rheumatology criteria) were randomized to receive oral… CONTINUE READING

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