Research · Systematic review
Glucosamine therapy for treating osteoarthritis
What it found
The patented crystalline (Rotta) glucosamine sulfate beat placebo for pain and function; other preparations did not.
- Design
- Systematic review
- Year
- 2005
- Sample size
- 4,963
- Population
- adults with osteoarthritis
- Intervention
- glucosamine (various preparations)
- Outcome
- pain, function
- Journal
- Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Citation last checked 2026-06-21.