A randomized controlled trial of intra-articular prolotherapy versus steroid injection for sacroiliac joint pain

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1285-1290

  Kim, Woong Mo ^a   Lee, Hyung Gon ^a   Won Jeong, Cheol ^a   Kim, Chang Mo ^a   Yoon, Myung Ha ^a  

^a Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; LEVOBUPIVACAINE; PARACETAMOL PLUS TRAMADOL; TIZANIDINE; TRIAMCINOLONE; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ADULT; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INJECTION; KOREA; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLOTHERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SACROILIAC JOINT; SACROILIAC JOINT PAIN; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GLUCOSE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LOW BACK PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SACROILIAC JOINT; TRIAMCINOLONE;

EID: 78650124462     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/acm.2010.0031     Document Type: Article

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