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Image-guided versus Blind Corticosteroid Injections in Adults With Shoulder Pain

Background: Corticosteroid injections can be performed blind (landmark-guided) or with image guidance, and this may account for variable clinical outcomes. The objective of this study was to assess ...
BMJ

Ultrasound-guided shoulder girdle injections are more accurate and more effective than landmark-guided injections: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Correspondence to Dr Abdel-Rahman Aly, Health Pointe—Pain, Spine and Sports Medicine, Division Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Alberta, Suite # 710-11010 101 St NW, Edmonton, ...
Healio

Study: No gain to ultrasound-guided lavage, steroids for calcific tendinopathy in shoulder

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Ultrasound-guided lavage with steroid injection yielded no clinical benefit for patients with calcific ...
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Optimising outcomes of exercise and corticosteroid injection in patients with subacromial pain (impingement) syndrome: a factorial randomised trial

Objectives To compare the clinical effectiveness of (1) physiotherapist-led exercise versus an exercise leaflet, and (2) ultrasound-guided subacromial corticosteroid injection versus unguided ...
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X-ray guided steroid injections effectively treat hamstring tendonitis, study suggests

Fluoroscopic (X-ray) guided steroid injections offer a safe and effective alternative to the conventional treatment of hamstring tendonitis, according to a study to be presented at the ARRS 2010 ...
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Image-guided versus Blind Corticosteroid Injections in Adults With Shoulder Pain

We considered randomized controlled trials of image-guided versus blind (landmark-guided) corticosteroid shoulder injections in adults 18 years and above with shoulder pain due to soft tissue ...