Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) for treating lateral elbow pain in adults

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2013, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Pattanittum, Porjai ^a   Turner, Tari ^b   Green, Sally ^b   Buchbinder, Rachelle ^c  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAHISTINE; CELECOXIB; DICLOFENAC; DIFLUNISAL; GLUCOCORTICOID; IBUPROFEN; NAPROXEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PLACEBO; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ALLERGIC REACTION; DIARRHEA; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DYSURIA; FOLLOW UP; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE PAIN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEECHING; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; NAUSEA; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RASH; RETURN TO WORK; REVIEW; SKIN ATROPHY; STOMACH PAIN; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TENNIS ELBOW; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; VOMITING; ADULT; BANDAGE; META ANALYSIS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; BANDAGES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; LEECHING; MUSCULOSKELETAL MANIPULATIONS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TENNIS ELBOW; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 84885359344     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1469493X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD003686.pub2     Document Type: Review

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