Abstract

Osteoarthritis is the most common form of arthritis and a leading cause of chronic disability, to a great extent in knee and/or hip joints. Osteoarthritis, commonly known as wear and tear in which a protective cartilage on the end of the bones wears down over time. osteoarthritis of the knees is one of five leading causes for disability among non-institutionalized adults. Osteoarthritis is the fourth leading cause of 'years lived with disability' (YLD), accounting for 3.0% of totals global YLD's. As per WHO by 2030. The most common symptoms of knee osteoarthritis are pain and physical limitations that have a significant effect on the individual's quality of life and her or his social and economic activities. Osteoarthritis diseases are a result of both mechanical and biological events that destabilize the normal biological coupling of degradation and synthesis of articular cartilage, chondrocytes, extracellular matrix, subchondral bone and subsequently synovial fluid. Current research efforts are focused on the identification of key biochemical pathways that can be targeted therapeutically through biological intervention for cartilage repair. Autologous platelet-rich plasma (PRP), which contains a pool of growth factors, appears to offer an easy solution for delivering multiple growth factors needed for tissue repair. PRP therapy provides delivery of a highly concentrated of growth factors to accelerate healing. The present study has been undertaken in Gandhi Medical College, Hospital, Hyderabad, Telangana, India to study the role of PRP in the osteoarthritis of knee joint. In this study PRP from the patient’s own blood i.e. autologous PRP has been immediately infiltrated into their knee joints with osteoarthritis and the results of injection of PRP have been observed and assess the functional outcome. It is a prospective longitudinal study on 100 patients with 161 primary osteoarthritic knee joints of Kellgren Lawrence radiological grade I-61 and II - 100. Patients were assessed with WOMAC (Western Ontario McMaster Universities Arthritis Index) scoring pre injection of PRP and post injection period of 1 month and 6 months. A reduction in WOMAC score is suggestive of improvement in the patient’s condition. In this study, the pain scores of the patients have decreased on the day of infiltration to one month and six months. Their mean scores have decreased from the day of infiltration to one month and six months. All the patients have started showing improvement at around two weeks and over all, the pain intensity has decreased in severity. It can be concluded that the efficacy of the PRP treatment from zero day to sixth month is statistically significant.

Keywords: platelet rich plasma, osteoarthritis, knee joint

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