Comparación de la eficacia clínica de una inyección intraarticular o intralesional de dos preparados de betametasona en pacientes con artrosis o epicondilitis / Comparative effects of intra articular injections of two betametasone preparations in patients with osteoarthritis or epicondilytis
Rev. méd. Chile
; 126(6): 623-8, jun. 1998. ilus, tab
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ABSTRACT
Background:
Local infiltration with corticoids is a simple therapy for rheumatic disorders devoid of systemic adverse reactions.Aim:
To compare the efficacy of two betametasone preparations from two different pharmaceutical laboratories in the treatment of patients with osteoarthritis or epicondilytis. Patients andmethods:
Fourty patients with knee osteoarthritis and 12 patients with epicondilytis were studied. Using a double blind protocol, one of the two betametasone preparations was used for local infiltration of the lesions. The change in a global score of clinical variables including pain and disability was assessed after 30 days of the infiltration.Results:
In patients with osteoarthritis, the global score decreased significantly with both preparations, but no differences were observed between preparations (7.3ñ1.8 to 3.9ñ2.3 with preparation A and 7.8ñ1.9 to 3.6ñ2.3 with preparation B). In patients with epicondilytis, pain was also significantly reduced but no differences between preparations was observed (7ñ2.1 to 1.4ñ2.5 for preparation A and 4.6ñ2.8 to 1.2ñ1.6 for preparation B).Conclusions:
Local infiltration with both betametasone preparations was equally effective in the treatment of patients with knee osteoarthritis or epicondilytis
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
LILACS
Assunto principal:
Osteoartrite
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Betametasona
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Guideline
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
Es
Revista:
Rev. méd. Chile
Assunto da revista:
MEDICINA
Ano de publicação:
1998
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de publicação:
Chile