Objective: To determine the efficacy of intra-articular knee infiltration with medical ozone in patients with chronic knee pain due to knee osteoarthritis. Methods: An observational, prospective and intrasubject, included 203 patients with knee osteoarthritis and pain secondary to most, there were a total of five intra-articular injections with medical ozone at a concentration of 25 ug / ml and a volume of 10 ml at weekly intervals. Analgesic quality was evaluated by visual analogue scale (VAS) and pain (WOMAC-A), stiffness (WOMAC-B) and functional capacity (WOMAC-C) using the questionnaire Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis (WOMAC) before and after treatment. Results: 203 patients were performed a total of 305 procedures, 204 women and 101 men, with a mean age of 69.9 ± 9.4 years. Giving to EVA, WOMAC-A,-B and WOMAC WO-MAC-C range of quantitative variables, the mean pre-treatment were 6.
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