A controlled trial of the benefits of ultrasound-guided steroid injection for shoulder pain

Joint Bone Spine

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 166-169

  Zufferey, Pascal ^a   Revaz, Sylvie ^a   Degailler, Xavier ^b   Balague, Federico ^c   So, Alexander ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b HIB   (Switzerland)

^c HFR   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Shoulder pain; Steroid injection; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE DIPROPIONATE; STEROID;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REST; SCORING SYSTEM; SHOULDER PAIN; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULTRASOUND;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; BETAMETHASONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SHOULDER JOINT; SHOULDER PAIN; STEROIDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84857798739     PISSN: 1297319X     EISSN: 17787254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbspin.2011.04.001     Document Type: Article

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