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Fantastic Findings
A Retrospective Study on Dextrose
Prolotherapy for Unresolved Knee
Pain at an Outpatient Charity Clinic
in Rural Illinois
Ross A. Hauser, MD
& Marion A. Hauser, MS, RD
The optimal long-term,
symptomatic therapy for
unresolved knee pain has not been established.
Accordingly, we investigated the outcomes of patients
undergoing Hackett-Hemwall dextrose Prolotherapy
treatment for unresolved knee pain at a charity clinic
in rural Illinois. We studied a sample of 80 patients,
representing a total of 119 knees, that were treated
quarterly with Prolotherapy. On average, 15 months
following their last Prolotherapy session, patients were
contacted and asked numerous questions in regard
to their levels of pain and a variety of physical and
psychological symptoms, as well as activities of daily
living, before and after their last Prolotherapy treatment.
The results of this study showed that patients had a
statistically significant decline in their level of pain,
stiffness, crunching sensation, and improvement in
their range of motion with Prolotherapy. More than 82%
showed improvements in walking ability, medication
usage, athletic ability, anxiety, depression, and overall
disability with Prolotherapy. Ninety-six percent of patients
felt Prolotherapy improved their life overall. Conclusion:
In this study, patients with unresolved knee pain, treated
with dextrose Prolotherapy, showed improvements in
many clinically relevant parameters and overall quality
of life.
Journal
of Prolotherapy. 2009;1:11-21.
KEYWORDS: anxiety, crunching, depression, knee pain, medication,
Prolotherapy,
range of motion, retrospective study, stiffness. |
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