Modification of cardiovascular risk factors after viscosupplementation with hyaluronic acid in patients with symptomatic hip and knee osteoarthritis

Intra-articular viscosupplementation with hyaluronic acid in symptomatic hip and knee osteoarthritis achieves a decrease in pain, potentially allowing patients to increase their physical activity levels, which helps control weight and BMI. Secondarily it could influence the improvement of CVRF analytical outcomes in the medium term in those patients who had altered levels.