USG-guided injection of corticosteroid for lateral epicondylitis does not improve clinical outcomes: a prospective randomised study

Gulabi D., Uysal M. A., Akca A., Colak I., Cecen G. S., Gumustas S.

ARCHIVES OF ORTHOPAEDIC AND TRAUMA SURGERY, vol.137, no.5, pp.601-606, 2017 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 137 Issue: 5
  • Publication Date: 2017
  • Doi Number: 10.1007/s00402-017-2657-3
  • Journal Name: ARCHIVES OF ORTHOPAEDIC AND TRAUMA SURGERY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.601-606
  • Keywords: Lateral epicondylitis, Corticosteroid injection, Ultrasound-guided, PLATELET-RICH PLASMA, CONTROLLED-TRIAL, TENNIS ELBOW, NETWORK METAANALYSIS, PHYSIOTHERAPY, THERAPIES
  • Marmara University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Corticosteroid injection used to be the treatment of choice for lateral epicondylitis. Most injections are performed blindly. In the blinded technique, it could be difficult to determine the exact pathological localisation. The purpose of this single-blinded, randomised controlled clinical study was to compare the clinical therapeutic effects of blinded and USG-guided corticosteroid injection therapy in lateral epicondylitis.