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SynthesisJournal of orthopaedic surgery and research2022

The effect of corticosteroid injection in the treatment of greater trochanter pain syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Yule Wang, Kaijin Wang, Yiling Qin, Sanrong Wang, Botao Tan, Lang Jia, Gongwei Jia, Lingchuan Niu

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Synthesis in Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Yule WangDepartment of Rehabilitation, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400010, China.
Kaijin WangDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Jiangjin District Central Hospital, Chongqing, 400010, China.
Yiling QinDepartment of Pediatrics, Angel Maternity Hospital, Chongqing, 400010, China.
Sanrong WangDepartment of Rehabilitation, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400010, China.
Botao TanDepartment of Rehabilitation, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400010, China.
Lang JiaDepartment of Rehabilitation, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400010, China.
Gongwei JiaDepartment of Rehabilitation, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400010, China.
Lingchuan NiuDepartment of Rehabilitation, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400010, China. niulingchuan@hospital.cqmu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0574-241X
Dalian Medical University · CNChongqing Maternal and Child Health Hospital · CNJiangjin Central Hospital · CN

Funding

Chongqing Science and health joint medical research project 2019MSXM017Key project of Chongqing Science and health joint medical research 2018ZDXM022
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundcorticosteroid injection (CSI) has been used to treat greater trochanter pain syndrome (GTPS) for many years. However, so far, the efficacy of CSI in the treatment of GTPS is still controversial. Therefore, the aim of this review is to evaluate the effectiveness of CSI in comparison with sham intervention, nature history, usual care, platelet-rich plasma (PRP), physiotherapy/exercise therapy, dry needling, or other nonsurgical treatment for improvements in pain and function in GTPS.

methodsPubMed (Medline), Embase, Cochrane Library were searched from their inception until April 2021. Randomized controlled trails (RCTs) comparing CSI to nonsurgical treatment were included. Data on the effect of CSI on pain and function were extracted and checked by two review authors independently. The treatment effect was analyzed in the short term, medium term, and long term.

resultsEight RCTs (764 patients) were included. This review suggests CSI may be superior to usual care and 'wait and see,' ESWT, but may not be superior to exercise, PRP, dry needling, and sham intervention in short-term pain or function improvement. In terms of medium-term pain or function improvement, CSI may be superior to usual care and 'wait and see,' but may not be superior to PRP. In terms of long-term pain or function improvement, CSI may be inferior to PRP and ESWT, but it may be superior to usual care and 'wait and see' at 12 months.

conclusionsDue to the small sample size and lack of sufficient clinical studies, current evidence is equivocal regarding the efficacy of CSI in the treatment of GTPS. Considering the limitations, more large-sample and high-quality RCTs are needed to prove the therapeutic effect of CSI on GTPS.

trial registrationPROSPERO registration number: CRD42021247991. Registered 09 May 2021.

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BursitisAdrenal Cortex HormonesFemurHumansPainRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicAdrenal Cortex HormonesCorticosteroid injectionFunctionGreater trochanter pain syndromeMeta-analysisPain

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