TABLE 5.

The top 10 co-cited references related to HA for the treatment of osteoarthritis.

Rank	Author	Citations	Title	Journal	Year
1	McAlindon TE	91	OARSI guidelines for the non-surgical management of knee osteoarthritis	Osteoarthritis Cartilage	2014
2	Gormeli G	67	Multiple PRP injections are more effective than single injections and hyaluronic acid in knees with early osteoarthritis: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial	Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc	2017
3	Bannuru RR	63	Comparative effectiveness of pharmacologic interventions for knee osteoarthritis: a systematic review and network meta-analysis	Ann Intern Med	2015
4	Filardo G	63	Platelet-Rich Plasma Intra-articular Knee Injections Show No Superiority Versus Viscosupplementation: A Randomized Controlled Trial	Am J Sports Med	2015
5	Cole BJ	62	Hyaluronic Acid Versus Platelet-Rich Plasma: A Prospective, Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing Clinical Outcomes and Effects on Intra-articular Biology for the Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis	Am J Sports Med	2017
6	Raeissadat SA	61	Knee Osteoarthritis Injection Choices: Platelet- Rich Plasma (PRP) Versus Hyaluronic Acid (A one-year randomized clinical trial)	Clin Med Insights ArthritisMusculoskelet Disord	2015
7	Wang CT	60	Therapeutic effects of hyaluronic acid on osteoarthritis of the knee. A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	J Bone Joint Surg Am	2004
8	Rutjes AWS	56	Viscosupplementation for osteoarthritis of the knee: a systematic review and meta-analysis	Ann Intern Med	2012
9	Altman RD	55	The mechanism of action for hyaluronic acid treatment in the osteoarthritic knee: a systematic review	BMC Musculoskelet Disord	2015
10	Hochberg MC	53	American College of Rheumatology 2012 recommendations for the use of nonpharmacologic and pharmacologic therapies in osteoarthritis of the hand, hip, and knee	Arthritis Care Res	2012