What factors influence pain scores following Corticosteroid injection in patients with Greater Trochanteric Pain Syndrome? A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cortico-Steroid Injections (CSI) are commonly used to treat patients with Greater Trochanteric Pain Syndrome (GTPS) but it is unclear which patients will experience improvements in pain.

Objectives

To identify factors that influence improvements in pain for patients with GTPS treated with CSI.

Design

Systematic review.

Methods

A search was undertaken of AMED, CINAHL, Cochrane Library, EMBASE, Medline and PEDro databases. Studies were eligible for inclusion if they investigated factors that influenced changes in pain experienced by patients with GTPS who received a CSI. Studies needed to include relevant summary statistics and tests of clinical significance. Risk Of Bias in Non-randomised Trials Of Interventions (ROBINS-I) and Risk Of Bias 2 (ROB2) to

SUBMITTER: Foxcroft B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10874005 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature