Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3343149 | Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology | 2009 | 27 Pages |
Abstract
Inflammation of periarticular soft-tissue structures such as tendons, tendon sheaths, entheses, bursae, ligaments and fasciae are the hallmark of many inflammatory rheumatic diseases, but inflammation – or rather irritation – of these structures also occurs in the absence of an underlying rheumatic disease. In both these primary and secondary soft-tissue lesions, local glucocorticoid injection often is beneficial, although evidence in literature is limited. This chapter reviews local injection therapy for these lesions and for nerve compression syndromes.
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J.W. Jacobs,