A double-blind randomised controlled study comparing subacromial injection of tenoxicam or methylprednisolone in patients with subacromial impingement

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 77-82

  Karthikeyan, S ^a,b   Kwong, H T ^a,b   Upadhyay, P K ^a,b   Parsons, N ^a,b   Drew, S J ^a,b   Griffin, D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL COVENTRY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE; TENOXICAM; DRUG DERIVATIVE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PIROXICAM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; TENDINITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; DRUG EFFECT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; INTRAARTICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; LIDOCAINE; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; PIROXICAM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; ROTATOR CUFF; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; TENDINOPATHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 75649120372     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.92B1.22137     Document Type: Article

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