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

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Published in BMJ on October 09, 1999

Authors

E M Hay1, S M Paterson, M Lewis, G Hosie, P Croft

Author Affiliations

1: Staffordshire Rheumatology Centre, The Haywood, Burslem, Stoke on Trent ST6 7AG. Pra19@keele.ac.uk

Associated clinical trials:

Treatment Study of Steroid Injection and Physical Therapy for Acute Lateral Epicondylitis | NCT00826462

Trial of Physiotherapy and Corticosteroid Injections in Lateral Epicondylalgia | NCT00110318

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