The Most Accurate Approach for Intra-Articular Needle Placement in the Knee Joint: A Systematic Review

Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 106-115

  Hermans, Job ^a   Bierma Zeinstra, Sita M A ^a   Bos, Pieter K ^a   Verhaar, Jan A N ^a   Reijman, Max ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Intra articular aspiration; Intra articular injection; Knee; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; HYALURONIC ACID; LIDOCAINE; METHYLENE BLUE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; HYPOTROPHY; INTRAARTICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAARTICULAR NEEDLE PLACEMENT; JOINT ASPIRATION; JOINT EFFUSION; KNEE; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; MUSCLE BLEEDING; NEEDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SKIN DISEASE; SKIN HYPOCHROMIA; SKIN HYPOTROPHY; SYNOVITIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; KNEE JOINT;

EID: 80755182350     PISSN: 00490172     EISSN: 1532866X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2011.02.007     Document Type: Article

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