The clinical effectiveness of glucosamine and chondroitin supplements in slowing or arresting progression of osteoarthritis of the knee: a systematic review and economic evaluation
Black C, Clar C, Henderson R, MacEachern C, McNamee P, Quayyum Z, Royle P, Thomas S
Record ID 32008100364
English
Authors' recommendations:
Study found that glucosamine sulphate demonstrates some clinical effectiveness in the treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee, but that the evidence base was less consistent for chondroitin and absent for glucosamine hydrochloride
Details
Project Status:
Completed
URL for project:
http://www.hta.ac.uk/1717
Year Published:
2009
English language abstract:
An English language summary is available
Publication Type:
Not Assigned
Country:
England, United Kingdom
MeSH Terms
- Aged
- Cost-Benefit Analysis
- Disease Progression
- Female
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
- Chondroitin Sulfates
- Glucosamine
- Osteoarthritis, Knee
Contact
Organisation Name:
NIHR Health Technology Assessment programme
Contact Address:
NIHR Journals Library, National Institute for Health and Care Research, Evaluation, Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre, Alpha House, University of Southampton Science Park, Southampton SO16 7NS, UK
Contact Name:
journals.library@nihr.ac.uk
Contact Email:
journals.library@nihr.ac.uk
Copyright:
2009 Queen's Printer and Controller of HMSO
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