Pragmatic randomised controlled trial of local corticosteroid injection and naproxen for treatment of lateral epicondylitis of elbow in primary care

M. Hay, Elaine; M Paterson, Susan; Lewis, Martyn; Hosie, Gareth; Croft, Peter

doi:10.1136/bmj.319.7215.964

Public

Pragmatic randomised controlled trial of local corticosteroid injection and naproxen for treatment of lateral epicondylitis of elbow in primary care

Published in BMJ • Oct 9, 1999

Authors:

Elaine M. Hay

Susan M Paterson

Martyn Lewis

Abstract

Abstract Objective: To compare the clinical effectiveness of local corticosteroid injection, standard non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, and simple analgesics for the early treatment of lateral epicondylitis in primary care. Design: Multicentre pragmatic randomised controlled trial. Setting: 23 ...

Subject

Epicondylitis

Medicine

Placebo

Research Assistant

AI chat, annotations, notes & similar papers

Finding related papers...

Discussions

(0)

No comments yet

Be the first to share your thoughts!