Healio

Study finds PRP injection more beneficial than corticosteroid injection for chronic lateral epicondylitis

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A platelet-rich plasma injection reduced pain and increased function significantly more than a corticosteroid ...
BMJ

Medial epicondylitis: is ultrasound guided autologous blood injection an effective treatment?

1 Department of Radiology, Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust, Brockley Hill, Stanmore, Middlesex HA7 4LP, UK 2 Department of Rheumatology, Kingston Hospital NHS Trust, Kingston-Upon-Thames ...
CMAJ

Use of anatomic measurement to guide injection of botulinum toxin for the management of chronic lateral epicondylitis: a randomized controlled trial

Background: When using botulinum toxin for the management of lateral epicondylitis, injection at a fixed distance from an anatomic landmark could result in inadequate paralysis of the intended muscle.
Healio

Autologous platelet injection improved function in patients with chronic lateral epicondylitis more than gold standard, corticosteroids

As a treatment for chronic lateral epicondylitis in patients, a single injection of concentrated autologous platelets improved pain and function more than a corticosteroid injection, according to ...
Monthly Prescribing Reference

Saline as Effective as PRP Injections in Epicondylitis Pain

At the European League Against Rheumatism Annual Congress (EULAR 2014), new research showed that ultrasound-guided injections of growth factors-containing platelet-rich plasma (PRP) are no more ...
BMJ

Effect of glucocorticosteroid injections in tennis elbow verified on colour Doppler ultrasonography: evidence of inflammation

Objectives: It has previously been reported that lateral epicondylitis may be diagnosed with colour Doppler ultrasonography (US) by detecting hyperaemia inside the common extensor origin (CEO).This ...