Low-dose amitriptyline for treatment of persistent arm pain due to repetitive use

Pain

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 117-123

  Goldman, Rose H ^a,b,c   Stason, William B ^c   Park, Sung Kyun ^d   Kim, Rokho ^e   Mudgal, Sharmila ^g   Davis, Roger B ^b,c,f   Kaptchuk, Ted J ^b,f  

^a CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e WHO European Centre for Environment and Health   (Germany)

^f BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amitriptyline; Chronic pain; Randomized controlled trial; Repetitive strain; Upper extremity pain

Indexed keywords

AMITRIPTYLINE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARM PAIN; ARTICLE; CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUBITAL TUNNEL SYNDROME; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EPICONDYLITIS; FEMALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; LIMB PAIN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; NEURALGIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PILL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SLEEP; SYMPTOM; TENDINITIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WELLBEING;

ADULT; AMITRIPTYLINE; ANALGESICS, NON-NARCOTIC; ARM; ARTHRALGIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CUMULATIVE TRAUMA DISORDERS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77349118448     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2010.01.016     Document Type: Article

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