Tennis elbow.

摘要

Corticosteroid Injections (for Short-term Pain Relief). Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) found limited evidence of short-term improvement in symptoms with corticosteroid injections compared with placebo or no treatment, local anesthetic, orthoses {elbow strapping), physiotherapy, or oral nonste-roidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). Overall, we found no good evidence on long-term effects of corticosteroids compared with placebo or no treatment, local anesthetic, physiotherapy, or orthoses, although we did find limited evidence that corticosteroid injections were less effective than physiotherapy or oral NSAIDs at improving symptoms in the long term.