Szubstarski Mateusz, Sekuła Przemysław, Głodek Łukasz, Tarczyńska Marta, Gawęda Krzysztof, Mazur Rafał. Intra-articular injections – current indications and contraindications. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2017;7(8):907-916. eISSN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.995621 http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/4873 The journal has had 7 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. Part B item 1223 (26.01.2017). 1223 Journal of Education, Health and Sport eISSN 2391-8306 7 © The Authors 2017; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 05.08.2017. Revised: 10.08.2017. Accepted: 31.08.2017. Intra-articular injections – current indications and contraindications Mateusz Szubstarski1, Przemysław Sekuła1, Łukasz Głodek1, Marta Tarczyńska1, Krzysztof Gawęda1, Rafał Mazur2 1 Medical University of Lublin, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Lublin, Poland 2 Student, I Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Lublin Mateusz Szubstarski M.D1: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6291-8536 e-mail: mateuszszubstarski@gmail.com Przemysław Sekuła M.D1: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0328-032X e-mail: przemyslawsekula@hotmail.com Łukasz Głodek M.D1: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3741-4392 e-mail: lukaszglodek9@o2.pl Marta Tarczyńska M.D , Ph.D1: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5268-6230 e-mail: martatarczyn@o2.pl Krzysztof Gawęda M.D. Ph.D1: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1374-3343 e-mail: krzylub@o2.pl Rafał Mazur2: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8486-5567, e-mail: rafall.mazur@gmail.com Address for correspondence: Mateusz Szubstarski mateuszszubstarski@gmail.com Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology SPSK 4 Jaczewskiego 8 20-954 Lublin Abstract Therapeutic intra-articular injections are becoming an increasingly popular treatment modality for osteoarthritis, in particular in its initial stage. The available literature provides varied reports on the efficacy of drugs being administered directly into the joint cavity. This results from inconsistent research methods and assessment criteria. There is considerable controversy as to the best therapeutic approach in everyday clinical practice. The aim of this paper was to present synthetically information and research results concerning the use of selected therapeutic agents in intra-articular injection treatment. The collected data is supposed to facilitate adjusting treatment strategies to patients' individual needs. Keywords: intra-articular injections, synovial fluid, joint