Steroid injection for inferior heel pain: A randomised controlled trial

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 996-1002

  Ball, Elisabeth M A ^a   McKeeman, Helen M A ^b   Patterson, Christopher ^c   Burns, James ^a   Yau, Wing Hoi ^d   Moore, Owen A ^a   Benson, Claire ^a   Foo, Joanne ^e   Wright, Gary D ^a   Taggart, Allister J ^a  

^a MUSGRAVE PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^d ALTNAGELVIN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e CHAPEL ALLERTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEEL PAIN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PLANTAR FASCIITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT DURATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; FASCIITIS, PLANTAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 84877606731     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: 14682060     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2012-201508     Document Type: Article

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