RCT: Effect of corticosteroid injection, physiotherapy, or both in patients with unilateral lateral epicondylalgia

Source: JAMA Area: News Both corticosteroid injection and physiotherapy are common treatments for lateral epicondylalgia (commonly known as tennis elbow). They are frequently combined in clinical practice although evidence on their combined efficacy is lacking.   This randomised, injection-blinded, placebo-controlled study investigated the effectiveness of corticosteroid injection (n=43), placebo injection (n = 41),multimodal physiotherapy (n=41), or both (n=40) in Australian adult patients with unilateral lateral epicondylalgia of longer than 6 weeks' duration.   The 2 primary outcomes were 1-year global rating of change scores for complete recovery or much improvement and 1-year recurrence (defined as complete recovery or much improvement at 4 or 8 weeks, but not later).   The following results were reported:   . Corticosteroid injection resulted in lower complete recovery or much improvement at 1 year vs placebo injection (83% vs 96%, respectively; ...
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