Ultrasound-guided autologous blood injection for tennis elbow

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 371-377

  Connell, David A ^a   Ali, Kaline E ^a   Ahmad, Muaaze ^a   Lambert, Simon ^a   Corbett, Steven ^b   Curtis, Mark ^c  

^a ROYAL NATIONAL ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c KINGSTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autologous blood; Dry needling; Lateral epicondylitis; Tendon healing; Treatment; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID DERIVATIVE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE DURATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJECTION PAIN; MALE; MUSCLE STIFFNESS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPORT INJURY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM; TENDON RECONSTRUCTION; TENNIS ELBOW; TISSUE REPAIR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; BLOOD TRANSFUSION, AUTOLOGOUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TENNIS ELBOW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 33646429256     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-006-0081-9     Document Type: Article

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