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Trial reportBMC veterinary research2018

Changes in biomarkers in equine synovial fluid two weeks after intra-articular hyaluronan treatment: a randomised double-blind clinical trial.

Tytti M Niemelä, Riitta-Mari Tulamo, Kaisa Aaltonen, Satu M Sankari, Anna K Hielm-Björkman

Open access · goldAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in BMC veterinary research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Tytti M NiemeläDepartment of Equine and Small Animal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 57, 00014, Helsinki, Finland. tytti.niemela@fimnet.fi.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2667-142X
Riitta-Mari TulamoDepartment of Equine and Small Animal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 57, 00014, Helsinki, Finland.
Kaisa AaltonenDepartment of Equine and Small Animal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 57, 00014, Helsinki, Finland.
Satu M SankariDepartment of Equine and Small Animal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 57, 00014, Helsinki, Finland.
Anna K Hielm-BjörkmanDepartment of Equine and Small Animal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 57, 00014, Helsinki, Finland.
University of Helsinki · FI

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundInflammatory and degenerative activity inside the joint can be studied in vivo via analysis of synovial fluid (SF) biomarkers, which are molecular markers of inflammatory processes and tissue turnover. The aim of this study was to investigate the response of selected biomarkers in the SF after an intra-articular (IA) high-molecular-weight non-animal stabilized hyaluronic acid (NASHA) treatment. Our hypothesis was that prostaglandin E

resultsCS846 concentration decreased in the NASHA group only (P = 0.010). Both PGE

conclusionsAlthough the SF concentration of the cartilage-derived biomarker CS846 decreased in the NASHA group, no statistically significant treatment effect of any of the biomarkers were observed between treatment groups. The significant increase in SF white blood cell count after IA NASHA may indicate a mild inflammatory response. However, as no clinical adverse effects were observed, we conclude that IA NASHA was well tolerated.

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AnimalsBiomarkersCartilage, ArticularFemaleHorse DiseasesHorsesHyaluronic AcidLameness, AnimalMaleSynovial FluidSynovitisBiomarkersHyaluronic AcidAggrecan chondroitin sulfate 846 epitopeBiomarkersCarboxypeptide of type II collagenClinical studyNon-animal stabilized hyaluronic acid (NASHA)Placebo-controlledProstaglandin E2Substance P

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PMID29907111
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