Safety and efficacy of long-term intraarticular steroid injections in osteoarthritis of the knee: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 370-377

  Raynauld, Jean Pierre ^a   Buckland Wright, Chris ^b   Ward, Rupert ^b   Choquette, Denis ^a   Haraoui, Boulos ^a   Martel Pelletier, Johanne ^a   Uthman, Imad ^c   Khy, Visithan ^d   Tremblay, Jean Luc ^a   Bertrand, Carole ^e   Pelletier, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^d Centre Hospitalier Hotel Dieu d'Amos   (Canada)

^e MAISONNEUVE ROSEMONT HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STEROID; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; CANADA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; JOINT CAVITY; JOINT MOBILITY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM; WALKING; WESTERN ONTARIO AND MCMASTER UNIVERSITIES OA INDEX;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

EID: 0037331298     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.10777     Document Type: Article

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