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ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2026

Ultrasound-Guided Posteromedial Fascial-Periarticular Injection for Mild-to-Moderate Knee Osteoarthritis: Twelve-Month WOMAC Outcomes in a Retrospective Pilot Case Series.

King Hei Stanley Lam, Yonghyun Yoon, Teinny Suryadi, Daniel Chiung-Jui Su, Wei-Chuan Wang, Wai Wah Lai, Yuanita Ida, Kentaro Onishi

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King Hei Stanley LamFaculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, New Territories, Hong Kong, China.ORCID 0000-0003-1392-829X
Yonghyun YoonThe Board of Clinical Research, The International Association of Musculoskeletal Medicine, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.ORCID 0000-0001-8746-3718
Teinny SuryadiThe Board of Clinical Research, The International Association of Musculoskeletal Medicine, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.ORCID 0009-0000-6722-0268
Daniel Chiung-Jui SuThe Board of Clinical Research, The International Association of Musculoskeletal Medicine, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.
Wei-Chuan WangThe Board of Clinical Research, The International Association of Musculoskeletal Medicine, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.ORCID 0009-0004-3322-5334
Wai Wah LaiFaculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Yuanita IdaDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Mitra Keluarga Kenjeran Hospital, Surabaya 60114, Indonesia.
Kentaro OnishiDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, RegenCore Method Clinic, San Francisco, CA 94115, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is increasingly recognized as a whole-joint disorder involving periarticular soft tissues in addition to intra-articular structures. A recently published technical report described an ultrasound-guided posteromedial knee injection targeting a fascial-periarticular convergence region operationally termed the popliteal fascial retinaculum. In the present study, we evaluated preliminary longitudinal clinical outcomes after this procedure in patients with mild-to-moderate knee OA.

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dextrosehydrodissectionknee osteoarthritismultimodal assessmentmusculoskeletal ultrasoundposteromedial kneeretrospective studyultrasound-guided injectionWOMAC

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PMID42587618
PMCPMC13464791

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