A randomized controlled trial evaluating the cost-effectiveness of sonographic guidance for intra-articular injection of the osteoarthritic knee

Journal of Clinical Rheumatology

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 409-415

  Sibbitt Jr , Wilmer L ^a   Band, Philip A ^b   Kettwich, Lawrence G ^a   Chavez Chiang, Natalia R ^a   DeLea, Suzanne L ^a   Bankhurst, Arthur D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

corticosteroid; injection; intra articular; osteoarthritis; outcome; sonography; ultrasound

Indexed keywords

TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE;

ADULT; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE; OUTPATIENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PALPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYNOVIUM; SYRINGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 82455199028     PISSN: 10761608     EISSN: 15367355     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RHU.0b013e31823a49a4     Document Type: Article

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