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Effectiveness of botulinum toxin for patients with chronic lateral epicondylitis

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March 2013

Effectiveness of botulinum toxin for patients with chronic lateral epicondylitis

Vol: 2| Issue: 2| Number:99| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:2
Journal Level of Evidence:N/A

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

CMAJ. 2010 May 18;182(8):768-73. Epub 2010 Apr 26

Contributing Authors:
R Espandar P Heidari MR Rasouli S Saadat M Farzan M Rostami S Yazdanian SM Mortazavi

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Synopsis

48 patients with chronic refractory lateral epicondylitis, who had completed a course of physiotherapy and/or received corticosteroid injections, were randomized to receive placebo or botulinum toxin A at the distance of one-third the length of the forearm from the tip of the lateral epicondyle on the course of the posterior inter-osseus nerve. At the study end point of 16 weeks, injecting botulin...

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