The acute effects of intra-articular hydrocortisone on articular cartilage in rabbits.

This study demonstrates the effect of intra-articularly administered hydrocortisone acetate in doses of 0.16 and 1.6 milligrams per kilogram on the incorporation of glycine-H3 into articular cartilage of rabbits. The steroid was injected into one knee joint and, at intervals up to twety-four days, t