A double-blind randomized controlled trial comparing the effects of subacromial injection with corticosteroid versus NSAID in patients with shoulder impingement syndrome

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 595-601

  Min, Kyong Su ^a   St Pierre, Patrick ^b   Ryan, Paul M ^a   Marchant, Bryant G ^a   Wilson, Christopher J ^c   Arrington, Edward D ^a  

^a Madigan Healthcare System   (United States)

^b Desert Orthopedics Center   (United States)

^c Hand Surgery Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Corticosteroid; External impingement; Injection; Ketorolac; NSAID; Steroid; Subacromial

Indexed keywords

KETOROLAC; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ABDUCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; FAINTNESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; RATING SCALE; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; KETOROLAC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SHOULDER IMPINGEMENT SYNDROME; TRIAMCINOLONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84876411139     PISSN: 10582746     EISSN: 15326500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jse.2012.08.026     Document Type: Article

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