Randomised controlled trial of single, subacromial injection of methylprednisolone in patients with persistent, post-traumatic impingement of the shoulder

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 218-221

  McInerney, J J ^a   Dias, J ^b   Durham, S ^c   Evans, A ^b  

^a MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL LANCASTER INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; CORTICOSTEROID; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; DRUG EFFICACY; EMERGENCY WARD; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; JOINT FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SHOULDER; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; SHOULDER PAIN; SIDE EFFECT; UNITED KINGDOM; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; SHOULDER JOINT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037505704     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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