A randomized, double-blind, controlled study of ultrasound-guided corticosteroid injection into the joint of patients with inflammatory arthritis

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1862-1869

  Cunnington, Joanna ^a   Marshall, Nicola ^b   Hide, Geoff ^b   Bracewell, Claire ^b   Isaacs, John ^a   Platt, Philip ^b   Kane, David ^a,c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ADELAIDE AND MEATH HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORTICOSTEROID; DISEASE MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUG; IOHEXOL;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANKLE; ARTHRALGIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELBOW; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT FUNCTION; JOINT STIFFNESS; KNEE ARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHOULDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND; WRIST;

ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; JOINTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 77954227868     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: 15290131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.27448     Document Type: Article

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