Injection therapies for lateral epicondylalgia: A systematic review and Bayesian network meta-analysis

British Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 50, Issue 15, 2016, Pages 900-908

  Dong, Wei ^a   Goost, Hans ^b   Lin, Xiang Bo ^c   Burger, Christof ^d   Paul, Christian ^e   Wang, Zeng Li ^a   Kong, Fan Lin ^a   Welle, Kristian ^d   Jiang, Zhi Chao ^f   Kabir, Koroush ^d  

^a Department of Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery Central Hospital of PetroChina   (China)

^b Hospital Wermelskirchen   (Germany)

^c Department of Neurosurgery Rizhao People s Hospital   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^e Department of Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery Evangelic Wald Krankenhaus   (Germany)

^f NORTH CHINA INSTITUTE OF AEROSPACE ENGINEERING   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; BAYES THEOREM; HUMAN; INTRAARTICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; META ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TENNIS ELBOW; WATCHFUL WAITING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ARTHRALGIA; BAYES THEOREM; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; TENNIS ELBOW; WATCHFUL WAITING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84942133928     PISSN: 03063674     EISSN: 14730480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjsports-2014-094387     Document Type: Review

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