Intra-articular corticosteroid for knee osteoarthritis

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Volumn 2015, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Jüni, Peter ^a   Hari, Roman ^a   Rutjes, Anne W S ^b,c   Fischer, Roland ^d   Silletta, Maria G ^b   Reichenbach, Stephan ^d   da Costa, Bruno R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; BETAMETHASONE; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTIVAZOL; HYALURONIC ACID; HYDROCORTISONE; HYDROCORTISONE ACETATE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; PLACEBO; TRIAMCINOLONE ACETONIDE; TRIAMCINOLONE HEXACETONIDE; HYLAN;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISCOSUPPLEMENTATION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ARTHRALGIA; INTRAARTICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LAVAGE; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC);

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ARTHRALGIA; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; OSTEOARTHRITIS, KNEE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; THERAPEUTIC IRRIGATION;

EID: 84963730396     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD005328.pub3     Document Type: Review

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