Corticosteroid injections for knee osteoarthritis are supported by the literature: in the affirmative

Knee osteoarthritis constitutes a public health concern of immense dimensions, and places a burden on society similar to few other conditions.1,2 Emphasis has been placed on the development of disease-modifying approaches that can revert or at a minimum delay the progression of the disease.3 However, to date, no such treatment has been proven nor is any available for patients. Despite much hype and reports of novel regenerative treatments, which include cell-based therapies and other orthobiologics, these are still yet to be proven or remain unavailable for the vast majority of patients suffering from knee osteoarthritis.4,5 Therefore, current knee osteoarthritis treatments are centered upon symptom-modifying approaches in an attempt to reduce pain and to improve function while the disease pursues its almost inevitable progressive course