Abstract | BACKGROUND: METHODS: After being approved by the institutional review committee of Chongqing General Hospital (IRB# 2018.417.C, November 9, 2018), we performed a single-center, retrospective study between November 2018 and January 2020. All participants provided written informed consent. The criteria for inclusion in our experiment are as follows: over 18 years old; with the history of at least 6 months of lateral epicondylitis; and the palpation of lateral epicondyle tenderness; visual analog scale (≥4). In the group A, the patient were injected the autologous blood. In group B, the patients were immersed with 0.5% of bupivacaine (1 ml) and local corticosteroids (2 ml) at lateral epicondyle. The outcomes were composed of a visual analog scores of subjective pain severity over the past 24 hours as the primary result; and limb function in various tasks of daily activity measured with disabilities of the arm, shoulder, and hand quick questionnaire scores, the maximum grip strength and the modified scores of Nirschl, as secondary results. All the results were assessed before the injection and at 4 weeks and 8 weeks after the injection. For all examination, when the P value was less than .05, it would be defined to be a statistically significant difference. RESULTS: TRIAL REGISTRATION: This study protocol was registered in Research Registry (researchregistry6263).
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Authors | Chaodong Zhou, Lu Wang |
Journal | Medicine
(Medicine (Baltimore))
Vol. 99
Issue 51
Pg. e23842
(Dec 18 2020)
ISSN: 1536-5964 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 33371166
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Copyright | Copyright © 2020 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. |
Chemical References |
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Topics |
- Adolescent
- Adrenal Cortex Hormones
(standards, therapeutic use)
- Adult
- Blood Transfusion, Autologous
(methods, standards)
- Clinical Protocols
- Cohort Studies
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Pain Measurement
(methods)
- Retrospective Studies
- Surveys and Questionnaires
- Tennis Elbow
(drug therapy, physiopathology)
- Treatment Outcome
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