Onlangs verscheen in The Lancet een artikel over de behandeling van de rotator cuff aandoeningen, alsook een commentaar hierop.
Sally Hopewell, David J Keene, Ioana R Marian, Melina Dritsaki, Peter Heine, Lucy Cureton, Susan J Dutton, Helen Dakin, Andrew Carr, Willie Hamilton, Zara Hansen, Anju Jaggi, Chris Littlewood, Karen L Barker, Alastair Gray, Sarah E Lamb, on behalf of the GRASP Trial Group*
Lancet 2021; 398: 416–28
Summary
Background Corticosteroid injections and physiotherapy exercise programmes are commonly used to treat rotator cuff disorders but the treatments’ effectiveness is uncertain. We aimed to compare the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a progressive exercise programme with a single session of best practice physiotherapy advice, with or without corticosteroid injection, in adults with a rotator cuff disorder.
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Comment / Optimising treatment for patients with rotator cuff disorders
Rachelle Buchbinder, Romi Haas
Lees hier het commentaar.