A simple, accurate method to confirm placement of intra-articular knee injection

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1029-1031

  Glattes, Rudolph C ^a   Spindler, Kurt P ^a   Blanchard, Gordon M ^a   Rohmiller, Michael T ^a   McCarty, Eric C ^a   Block, Jake ^a  

^a Vanderbilt Sports Medicine Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Contrast; Extra articular; Injection; Intra articular; Knee

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; CORTICOSTEROID;

ACCURACY; AIR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; INTRAARTICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; KNEE; KNEE ARTHROGRAPHY; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUND; TREATMENT FAILURE;

AIR; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; KNEE JOINT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUND;

EID: 2442655489     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546503258703     Document Type: Article

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