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| Title |
Optimising corticosteroid injection for lateral epicondylalgia with the addition of physiotherapy: A protocol for a randomised control trial with placebo comparison
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| Published in |
BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, June 2009
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2474-10-76 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Brooke K Coombes, Leanne Bisset, Luke B Connelly, Peter Brooks, Bill Vicenzino |
| Abstract |
Corticosteroid injection and physiotherapy are two commonly prescribed interventions for management of lateral epicondylalgia. Corticosteroid injections are the most clinically efficacious in the short term but are associated with high recurrence rates and delayed recovery, while physiotherapy is similar to injections at 6 weeks but with significantly lower recurrence rates. Whilst practitioners frequently recommend combining physiotherapy and injection to overcome harmful effects and improve outcomes, study of the benefits of this combination of treatments is lacking. Clinicians are also faced with the paradox that the powerful anti-inflammatory corticosteroid injections work well, albeit in the short term, for a non-inflammatory condition like lateral epicondylalgia. Surprisingly, these injections have not been rigorously tested against placebo injections. This study primarily addresses both of these issues. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | 1 | 33% |
| Unknown | 2 | 67% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 67% |
| Scientists | 1 | 33% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 238 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | <1% |
| Italy | 1 | <1% |
| Greece | 1 | <1% |
| Guatemala | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 230 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Other | 32 | 13% |
| Student > Master | 32 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 29 | 12% |
| Researcher | 26 | 11% |
| Lecturer | 12 | 5% |
| Other | 50 | 21% |
| Unknown | 57 | 24% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 89 | 37% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 35 | 15% |
| Sports and Recreations | 14 | 6% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 7 | 3% |
| Psychology | 5 | 2% |
| Other | 20 | 8% |
| Unknown | 68 | 29% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 13 April 2023.
All research outputs
#14,427,926
of 23,567,572 outputs
Outputs from BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
#2,116
of 4,145 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#94,192
of 112,928 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
#10
of 16 outputs
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