Comparison of autologous blood, corticosteroid, and saline injection in the treatment of lateral epicondylitis: A prospective, randomized, controlled multicenter study

Journal of Hand Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1269-1272

  Wolf, Jennifer Moriatis ^a,b   Ozer, Kagan ^a,b   Scott, Frank ^a,b   Gordon, Michael J V ^a,b   Williams, Allison E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b DENVER HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

autologous blood; Lateral epicondylitis; tennis elbow

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; LIDOCAINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD AUTOTRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISABILITIES OF THE ARM SHOULDER AND HAND SCORE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT RATED FOREARM EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPEATED DRUG DOSE; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TENNIS ELBOW; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION, AUTOLOGOUS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TENNIS ELBOW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79961165733     PISSN: 03635023     EISSN: 15316564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2011.05.014     Document Type: Article

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