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ArticleJournal of personalized medicine2022

MRI and Ultrasound Analysis of Corticosteroid Injection Combined with Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy in Lateral Epicondylitis-A Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blinded, Placebo-Controlled Trial.

Gopal Nambi, Mshari Alghadier, Elturabi Elsayed Ebrahim, Anju Verma, Osama R Aldhafian, Shahul Hameed Pakkir Mohamed, Shady Abdullah Alshewaier, Mohamed Sherif Sirajudeen, Hariraja Muthusamy, Radhakrishnan Unnikrishnan

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Article in Journal of personalized medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Gopal NambiDepartment of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj 11942, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-4203-5506
Mshari AlghadierDepartment of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj 11942, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-3686-8074
Elturabi Elsayed EbrahimDepartment of Nursing, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj 11942, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-4339-9117
Anju VermaDepartment of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj 11942, Saudi Arabia.
Osama R AldhafianDepartment of Surgery, College of Medicine, Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj 11942, Saudi Arabia.
Shahul Hameed Pakkir MohamedDepartment of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, University of Tabuk, Tabuk 71491, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-5003-7501
Shady Abdullah AlshewaierDepartment of Physical Therapy and Health Rehabilitation, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Majmaah University, Majmaah 11952, Saudi Arabia.
Mohamed Sherif SirajudeenDepartment of Physical Therapy and Health Rehabilitation, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Majmaah University, Majmaah 11952, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-6934-5352
Hariraja MuthusamyDepartment of Physical Therapy and Health Rehabilitation, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Majmaah University, Majmaah 11952, Saudi Arabia.
Radhakrishnan UnnikrishnanDepartment of Physical Therapy and Health Rehabilitation, College of Applied Medical Sciences, Majmaah University, Majmaah 11952, Saudi Arabia.
Majmaah University · SAPrince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University · SAThe University of Sydney · AUUniversity of Tabuk · SA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThe knowledge about the effective implementation of corticosteroid injection and extracorporeal shockwave therapy on radiological changes in chronic lateral epicondylitis is lacking. Therefore, the objective of this study is to find and compare the effects of corticosteroid injection and extracorporeal shockwave therapy on radiological changes in chronic lateral epicondylitis.

methodsA randomized, double-blinded controlled study was conducted on 60 LE participants at a university hospital. The active extracorporeal shockwave therapy group (

resultsThe between-group difference in pain intensity at 4 weeks was 1.4 (CI 95% 0.77 to 2.02), which shows more improvement in the active group than in the placebo group. Improvements in the effects were noted after 8 weeks and at 6 months (1.8; CI 95% 1.50 to 2.09) follow-up. Similar improvements were also found in the percentage of injury, functional disability, handgrip strength, patient perception, kinesiophobia, depression status, and quality of life.

conclusionExtracorporeal shockwave therapy has added effects on corticosteroid injection for improving pain, percentage of injury, functional disability, handgrip strength, patient perception, kinesiophobia, depression status and quality of life in people with chronic lateral epicondylitis.

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corticosteroid injectionextracorporeal shockwave therapylateral epicondylitisplacebo

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