Comparison of fluoroscopically guided and blind corticosteroid injections for greater trochanteric pain syndrome: Multicentre randomised controlled trial

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 338, Issue 7701, 2009, Pages 986-988

  Cohen, Steven P ^a,b,f   Strassels, Scott A ^c   Foster, Leslie ^b   Marvel, John ^a   Williams, Kayode ^a   Crooks, Matthew ^a   Gross, Andrew ^d   Kurihara, Connie ^b   Nguyen, Cuong ^e   Williams, Necia ^b  

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

^b WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e LANDSTUHL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

^f Landstuhl Regional Medical Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; GREATER TROCHANTERIC PAIN SYNDROME; HEALTH CARE COST; HIP PAIN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OSWESTRY DISABILITY SCORE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; REST; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TROCHANTERIC PAIN SYNDROME;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRALGIA; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FEMUR; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRALESIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649195749     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b1088     Document Type: Article

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