Greater trochanteric pain syndrome: A review of anatomy, diagnosis and treatment

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1662-1670

  Williams, Bryan S ^a   Cohen, Steven P ^b,c  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; BUPIVACAINE; LIDOCAINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; TRIAMCINOLONE;

CLINICAL FEATURE; GREATER TROCHANTER; GREATER TROCHANTERIC PAIN; GREATER TROCHANTERIC PAIN SYNDROME; HIP PAIN; HUMAN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; BURSITIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FEMUR; HIP; INCIDENCE; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BURSITIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FEMUR; HIP JOINT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 65349140091     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e31819d6562     Document Type: Review

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