Physiotherapy or a wait and see policy were the best options for lateral epicondylitis at 1 year

  • Kreder, Hans J MD, MPH
  • Smidt, N
  • van der Windt, D A
  • Assendelft, W J

  • University of Toronto Sunnybrook & Women’s College Health Science Center Toronto, Ontario, Canada

    Smidt N, van der Windt DA, Assendelft WJ, et al.Corticosteroid injections, physiotherapy, or a wait-and-see policy for lateral epicondylitis: a randomised controlled trial.Lancet 2002 Feb 23;359:657–62

Sources of funding: Health Insurance Council; the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research.

For correspondence: Dr N Smidt, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands.[email protected].

Evidence Based Medicine 7(5):p 153, September-October 2002.
Copyright © British Medical Journal 2002.