OBJECTIVES: This study aims to evaluate proprioception and static balance after ultrasound-guided genicular nerve block (GNB) in patients with knee osteoarthritis (KOA).
✦ The floor
Discussion
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✦ Clinical Takeaway ✦
No actionable change — this study concerns knee pain management in osteoarthritis and has no direct relevance to audiology clinical practice.
✦ Why It Matters ✦
While proprioception and static balance are assessed in vestibular audiology, this study's focus on knee osteoarthritis treatment has negligible relevance to hearing or balance disorders managed by audiologists.
✦ Key Points ✦
- 01Ultrasound-guided genicular nerve block is an injection that numbs nerves around the knee to relieve pain.
- 02The study assessed balance and joint-position sense (proprioception) before and after the procedure.
- 03Participants were patients with knee osteoarthritis, not a population typically seen in audiology.
- 04No audiology-specific outcomes (hearing, tinnitus, vestibular function) were measured.
- 05Minimal relevance to the audiology or hearing sciences field.
✦ Research metadata ✦
- PMID
- 42291388
- DOI
- 10.5606/tftrd.2026.15737.
- Journal
- Turkish Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- Publication type
- research_article
- Evidence level
- 2b
- Population
- Patients with knee osteoarthritis
- Intervention
- Ultrasound-guided genicular nerve block
Primary outcomes
Proprioception; Static balance