Healvisco® Tendon is a sterile injectable hyaluronic acid gel of non-animal origin, manufactured by Biovico Sp. z o.o. in Poland and distributed by Bioceramed. This clinical evidence summary presents the twelve-month results of a prospective, single-centre, single-arm study conducted at a trauma and orthopaedic surgery clinic in Kielce, Poland.
Ten patients with shoulder pain due to rotator cuff tendinopathy received two peritendinous injections of 1.6% sodium hyaluronate, seven days apart. Pain was assessed with the Visual Analogue Scale and upper limb function with the DASH questionnaire, across seven time points over one year.
Both scores decreased after the first injection. Statistical significance against baseline was reached from 60 days onward and was maintained at the twelve-month assessment. No adverse events, serious adverse events, infections, or allergic reactions were reported.
Seven of the ten patients completed follow-up. The full document sets out the results in detail, together with all study limitations.