{"id":2169,"date":"2022-10-24T16:36:32","date_gmt":"2022-10-24T16:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/comcorpus.pt\/?page_id=2169"},"modified":"2023-05-17T18:37:29","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T18:37:29","slug":"viscosupplementation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/comcorpus.pt\/en\/specialties\/viscosupplementation\/","title":{"rendered":"Viscosupplementation"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Lubrication of the knee joint and improvement of cartilage cell viability<\/h3>\n<p>People with <strong>osteoarthritis<\/strong> have lower than normal levels of hyaluronic acid in their joints, so viscosupplementation may be a therapeutic option for them.<\/p>\n<p>This is a relatively new technique that involves injecting a preparation of hyaluronic acid into the knee joint.<br \/>\nHyaluronic acid is a natural substance found in the synovial fluid (joint fluid), which acts as a lubricant for the joint and improves the viability of cartilage cells.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike corticosteroids, this technique has no relevant contraindications.<\/p>\n<p>Our specialists in <a href=\"https:\/\/comcorpus.pt\/en\/specialties\/sports-rehabilitation\/\">physical and rehabilitation medicine<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/comcorpus.pt\/en\/specialties\/sports-medicine\/\">sports medicine<\/a> began complementing this technique using <a href=\"https:\/\/comcorpus.pt\/en\/specialties\/ultrasound-guided-procedures\/\">ultrasound equipment<\/a> since 2019, adding a new level of precision to this intervention.<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<h4>Practical applications<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Osteoarthritis;<\/li>\n<li>Degenerative meniscus tears;<\/li>\n<li>Other conditions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>If you&#8217;re interested in viscosupplementation, <a href=\"https:\/\/comcorpus.pt\/en\/contacts\/\">contact<\/a>\u00a0our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/comcorpus.pt\/en\/\">physiotherapy clinics in Lisbon<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lubrication of the knee joint and improvement of cartilage cell viability People with osteoarthritis have lower than normal levels of hyaluronic acid in their joints, so viscosupplementation may be a therapeutic option for them. This is a relatively new technique that involves injecting a preparation of hyaluronic acid into the knee joint. Hyaluronic acid is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1924,"parent":1998,"menu_order":9,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2169","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/comcorpus.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2169"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/comcorpus.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/comcorpus.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comcorpus.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comcorpus.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2169"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/comcorpus.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2169\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2205,"href":"https:\/\/comcorpus.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2169\/revisions\/2205"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comcorpus.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1998"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comcorpus.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/comcorpus.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}