Healio

Steroid injections and placebo produced same effect on lateral epicondylitis pain

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . SEATTLE — Investigators who conducted a randomized placebo-controlled trial using corticosteroid injections to ...
Healio

Autologous platelet injection improved function in patients with chronic lateral epicondylitis more than gold standard, corticosteroids

As a treatment for chronic lateral epicondylitis in patients, a single injection of concentrated autologous platelets improved pain and function more than a corticosteroid injection, according to ...
Nature

Effect of Metabolic Syndrome on the Functional Outcome of Corticosteroid Injection for Lateral Epicondylitis: Retrospective Matched Case-Control Study

Both obesity and diabetes mellitus are well-known risk factors for tendinopathies. We retrospectively compared the efficacy of single corticosteroid injections in treating lateral epicondylitis in ...
BMJ

O-2 Evaluation of local injection of platelet rich plasma and corticosteroids in the treatment of lateral epicondylitis: a retrospective study

Introduction Lateral epicondylitis is one of the most common causes of musculoskeletal pain involving common extensor origin of the forearm. Although the diagnosis of lateral epicondylitis is clear, ...
BMJ

Pain relief after intratendinous injections in patients with tennis elbow: results of a randomised study

1 Department of Surgical and Perioperative Science, Sports Medicine, University of Umeå, Umeå, Sweden 2 Department of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation, Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Umeå ...