Intra-articular steroid injections for painful knees. Systematic review with meta-analysis

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 50, Issue FEB., 2004, Pages 241-248

  Godwin, Marshall ^a   Dawes, Martin ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTIVAZOL; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PLACEBO; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STEROID; TRIAMCINOLONE HEXACETONIDE;

CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; FACTUAL DATABASE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTERNET; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE PAIN; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZATION; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1342329915     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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