Stop injecting corticosteroid into patients with tennis elbow, they are much more likely to get better by themselves!

Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 380-381

  Osborne, Hamish ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Corticosteroid; Elbow; Injection; Tendonopathy

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID;

CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDITORIAL; HEALING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RABBIT; RECURRENCE RISK; RECURRENT DISEASE; REMISSION; TENNIS ELBOW; TISSUE NECROSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONTRAINDICATIONS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; TENNIS ELBOW;

EID: 77953960641     PISSN: 14402440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsams.2009.09.009     Document Type: Editorial

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