The effectiveness of injections of hyaluronic acid or corticosteroid in patients with subacromial impingement: A three-arm randomised controlled trial

Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - Series B

Volumn 94 B, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1246-1252

  Penning, L I F ^a   De Bie, R A ^a   Walenkamp, G H I M ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; HYALURONIC ACID; LIDOCAINE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEMATOMA; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENSTRUATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; SHOULDER PAIN; SIDE EFFECT; SUBACROMIAL INJECTION; TREATMENT DURATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTHRALGIA; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866489820     PISSN: 0301620X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1302/0301-620X.94B9.28750     Document Type: Article

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