Injection of Botulinum Toxin for Treatment of Chronic Lateral Epicondylitis: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 585-587

  Galvin, Rose ^a   Callaghan, Claire ^a   Chan, Wai Sun ^a   Dimitrov, Borislav D ^a   Fahey, Tom ^a  

^a ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTULINUM TOXIN A; CORTICOSTEROID; PLACEBO; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARM MUSCLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC LATERAL EPICONDYLITIS; FOREARM; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; LETTER; META ANALYSIS; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SAMPLE SIZE; SELF REPORT; SIDE EFFECT; SURGICAL WRIST EXTENSOR RELEASE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TENNIS ELBOW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

BOTULINUM TOXINS, TYPE A; CHRONIC DISEASE; DATABASES, BIBLIOGRAPHIC; FINGER INJURIES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MOVEMENT; NEUROMUSCULAR AGENTS; OUTPATIENTS; PAIN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TENNIS ELBOW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79955953679     PISSN: 00490172     EISSN: 1532866X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2011.01.003     Document Type: Letter

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