Osteoarthritis

What If There Is More Research on Osteoarthritis Than You Realized?

If you're living with osteoarthritis, you've probably heard the familiar message: manage the pain, stay active if you can, and eventually consider injections or surgery when the joint becomes bad enough.

But there is another body of research you may not have encountered.

Regenerative medicine has become one of the most extensively studied areas of regenerative orthopedics—particularly for osteoarthritis.

Multiple systematic reviews and meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials have now evaluated mesenchymal stromal/stem-cell approaches for knee osteoarthritis. One 2024 analysis included 25 randomized trials and more than 1,000 participants, finding greater pain improvement compared with viscosupplementation at 12 months. Another analysis of 18 randomized trials found improvements in pain and function compared with placebo.

Research is also becoming more specific to umbilical-cord-derived products. A systematic review identified 12 clinical studies along with extensive laboratory research, finding evidence that these cells may influence inflammatory processes and support cartilage-related activity.

This is not a promise that regenerative medicine will reverse your arthritis. But it is a body of research that deserves to be seen before you decide you've exhausted your options.

Don't Take Our Word for It. See What the Research Says.

We've assembled a selection of some of the most relevant osteoarthritis research—including randomized trials, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and research involving umbilical-cord-derived regenerative products.

Request the complimentary research collection and we'll email you the studies, brief summaries of what they found, and links to the original research.

Use it as a starting point for your own research. Read the studies. Look at the evidence. Ask questions.

No obligation. No pressure.

Just information about an area of orthopedic research you may not want to miss.

→ Request the Complimentary Osteoarthritis Research Collection