A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of low-dose oral prednisolone for treating painful hand osteoarthritis

Rheumatology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2286-2294

  Wenham, Claire Y J ^a,b   Hensor, Elizabeth M A ^b   Grainger, Andrew J ^a,c   Hodgson, Richard ^a,c   Balamoody, Sharon ^a,c   Doré, Caroline J ^d   Emery, Paul ^a,b   Conaghan, Philip G ^a,b  

^a CHAPEL ALLERTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hand OA; MRI; Prednisolone; Randomized controlled trial; Treatment

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HAND JOINT; HAND OSTEOARTHRITIS; HAND PAIN; HUMAN; JOINT EFFUSION; LOW DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYNOVITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CAPSULES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HAND; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREDNISOLONE; SYNOVITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84870330012     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: 14620332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kes219     Document Type: Article

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