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Treatments Appear No Better Than Placebo for Tennis Elbow

At best, all treatments provide only small pain relief for tennis elbow.

Gluteal Loading Exercise May Not Improve Greater Trochanteric Pain Syndrome

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Brandon May

Adding an exercise regimen to a comprehensive educational program for the management of greater trochanteric pain syndrome may not bring significant benefit.

Decompression Surgery May Not Improve Subacromial Shoulder Pain

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Jessica Martin

Surgical intervention with arthroscopic subacromial decompression may not yield a clinically significant reduction in shoulder pain and function in patients with subacromial pain.

Image-Guided Symphyseal Steroid Injection for Sports-Related Groin Pain

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Tori Rodriquez, MA, LPC, AHC

Fluoroscopy-guided corticosteroid symphyseal injection was found to be effective for the treatment of sports-related groin pain.

Ultrasonography-Guided Percutaneous Irrigation for Calcific Tendinopathy: 1 vs 2 Needles

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Tori Rodriquez, MA, LPC, AHC

No difference in outcomes was found between a single- and a double-needle ultrasonography-guided percutaneous irrigation in patients with calcific tendinopathy.

Comparing Dry Needling, Cortisone for Greater Trochanteric Pain Syndrome

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Tori Rodriquez, MA, LPC, AHC

Dry needling is noninferior to cortisone injections for the treatment of greater trochanteric pain syndrome.

Averting Future Fractures, Osteoporosis After Hip Fracture

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Crystal Wong, MD

Fewer than 1 in 4 women receive recommended assessment or treatment of osteoporosis within 1 year after hip fracture.

CNS Symptoms Resulting From Head Impacts in Soccer

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Laura Stiles

Researchers have found that intentional and unintentional head impacts in soccer are independently associated with moderate to very severe central nervous system symptoms.

Diagnosing and Treating Hip Pain: Q&A With a Sports Medicine Orthopedic Surgeon

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Tori Rodriquez, MA, LPC, AHC

Surgical outcomes are optimal when femoracetabular impingement and athletic pubalgia are treated together.

Treatment Options for Greater Trochanteric Pain Syndrome

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Tori Rodriquez, MA, LPC, AHC

In highly symptomatic patients, magnetic resonance imaging can help to assess whether there is a significant bursitis or tear in the tendon insertion, and standard radiography can help to rule out intra-articular pathology.