Effectiveness of low-dose radiation therapy on symptoms in patients with knee osteoarthritis

Affiliations

¹ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
² Center of Functional Neurosurgery, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
³ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The First People's Hospital of Zunyi City, Zunyi, Guizhou Province, China.
⁴ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China drhuangwei68@gmail.com,huangwei68@263.net.

Comment

Xiang-Dong Wu et al. Ann Rheum Dis. 2020 Feb.

. 2020 Feb;79(2):e24.

doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2018-214743. Epub 2018 Dec 1.

¹ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China.
² Center of Functional Neurosurgery, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
³ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The First People's Hospital of Zunyi City, Zunyi, Guizhou Province, China.
⁴ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China drhuangwei68@gmail.com,huangwei68@263.net.

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Keywords: inflammation; knee osteoarthritis; synovitis.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

Response to: 'Effectiveness of low-dose radiation therapy on symptoms in patients with knee osteoarthritis' by Wu et al.
Mahler EAM, Minten MJM, Leseman-Hoogenboom MM, Poortmans PMP, Leer JWH, Boks SS, van den Hoogen FHJ, den Broeder AA, van den Ende CH. Mahler EAM, et al. Ann Rheum Dis. 2020 Feb;79(2):e25. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2018-214795. Epub 2019 Jan 4. Ann Rheum Dis. 2020. PMID: 30610062 No abstract available.

Effectiveness of low-dose radiation therapy on symptoms in patients with knee osteoarthritis: a randomised, double-blinded, sham-controlled trial.
Mahler EAM, Minten MJ, Leseman-Hoogenboom MM, Poortmans PMP, Leer JWH, Boks SS, van den Hoogen FHJ, den Broeder AA, van den Ende CHM. Mahler EAM, et al. Ann Rheum Dis. 2019 Jan;78(1):83-90. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2018-214104. Epub 2018 Oct 26. Ann Rheum Dis. 2019. PMID: 30366945 Clinical Trial.