Effect of glucocorticosteroid injections in tennis elbow verified on colour Doppler ultrasonography: Evidence of inflammation

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 978-982

  Torp Pedersen, T E ^a,b   Torp Pedersen, S T ^a,c   Qvistgaard, E ^a   Bliddal, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^c FREDERIKSBERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG EFFECT; EXTENSOR MUSCLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; HYPEREMIA; INFLAMMATION; INJECTION PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOCICEPTION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PROGNOSIS; TENNIS ELBOW; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; DRUG COMBINATIONS; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; LIDOCAINE; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; TENNIS ELBOW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 55149100502     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsm.2007.041285     Document Type: Article

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