Consensus Guidelines on Interventional Therapies for Knee Pain (STEP Guidelines) from the American Society of Pain and Neuroscience

• Published in: Journal of pain research Vol. 15; pp. 2683 - 2745
• Main Authors: Hunter, Corey W, Deer, Timothy R, Jones, Mark R, Chien, George C. Chang, D'Souza, Ryan S, Davis, Timothy, Eldon, Erica R, Esposito, Michael F, Goree, Johnathan H, Hewan-Lowe, Lissa, Maloney, Jillian A, Mazzola, Anthony J, Michels, John S, Layno-Moses, Annie, Patel, Shachi, Tari, Jeanmarie, Weisbein, Jacqueline S, Goulding, Krista A, Chhabra, Anikar, Hassebrock, Jeffrey, Wie, Chris, Beall, Douglas, Sayed, Dawood, Strand, Natalie
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dove Medical Press Limited 30.09.2022; Dove; Dove Medical Press
• Subjects: ablation; Ablation (Surgery); Analysis; Care and treatment; Evidence-based medicine; genicular nerve; Injuries; Knee; Knee pain; Medical care, Cost of; Medical equipment and supplies industry; Medical test kit industry; Neurosciences; Pain; peripheral nerve stimulation; Physical therapy; platelet rich plasma. dorsal root ganglion; regenerative medicine; Review; Therapeutics, Physiological; United States
• ISSN: 1178-7090; 1178-7090
• DOI: 10.2147/JPR.S370469

Knee pain is second only to the back as the most commonly reported area of pain in the human body. With an overall prevalence of 46.2%, its impact on disability, lost productivity, and cost on healthcare cannot be overlooked. Due to the pervasiveness of knee pain in the general population, there are no shortages of treatment options available for addressing the symptoms. Ranging from physical therapy and pharmacologic agents to interventional pain procedures to surgical options, practitioners have a wide array of options to choose from-unfortunately, there is no consensus on which treatments are "better" and when they should be offered in comparison to others. While it is generally accepted that less invasive treatments should be offered before more invasive ones, there is a lack of agreement on the order in which the less invasive are to be presented. In an effort to standardize the treatment of this extremely prevalent pathology, the authors present an all-encompassing set of guidelines on the treatment of knee pain based on an extensive literature search and data grading for each of the available alternative that will allow practitioners the ability to compare and contrast each option. Keywords: knee, knee pain, genicular nerve, ablation, regenerative medicine, platelet-rich plasma, dorsal root ganglion, peripheral nerve stimulation