Corticosteroid injections effective for trigger finger in adults in general practice: A double-blinded randomised placebo controlled trial

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1262-1266

  Peters Veluthamaningal, C ^a   Winters, J C ^a   Groenier, K H ^a   Meyboom de Jong, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRITIS IMPACT MEASUREMENT SCALES; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; MALE; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN INFECTION; STEROID FLARE; TENDON RUPTURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TRIGGER FINGER; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; TRIGGER FINGER DISORDER;

EID: 50249171809     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.2007.073106     Document Type: Article

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