Inflammatory characteristics on ultrasound predict poorer longterm response to intraarticular corticosteroid injections in knee osteoarthritis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 650-655

  Chao, Jeannie ^a   Wu, Christopher ^a   Sun, Bob ^a   Hose, Michal Kalli ^b   Quan, Anna ^b   Hughes, Tudor H ^a   Boyle, David ^a   Kalunian, Kenneth C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticosteroids; Inflammation; Injections; Osteoarthritis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; PLACEBO; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; KNEE JOINT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

EID: 77949724469     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.090575     Document Type: Article

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