N of 1, two contemporary arm, randomised controlled clinical trial for bilateral epicondylitis: A new study design

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 343, Issue 7837, 2011, Pages

  Scudeller, Luigia ^a   Del Fante, Claudia ^a   Perotti, Cesare ^a   Pavesi, Claudio Francesco ^a   Coscia, Davide ^a   Scotti, Valeria ^a   Tinelli, Carmine ^a  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BOTULINUM TOXIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CORTICOSTEROID; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ACUPUNCTURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CELL LYSATE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; ELBOW DISEASE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LOW LEVEL LASER THERAPY; OPEN STUDY; ORTHOTICS; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RELAPSE; SKIN ATROPHY; SOFT TISSUE CALCIFICATION; STUDY DESIGN; TENNIS ELBOW; TRANSCUTANEOUS NERVE STIMULATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AUTOEXPERIMENTATION; BLOOD PLATELETS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; ITALY; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PLATELET-RICH PLASMA; RESEARCH DESIGN; TENNIS ELBOW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WATCHFUL WAITING;

EID: 84859006158     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d7653     Document Type: Article

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