TY - JOUR T1 - Corticosteroid injections or physiotherapy were not more effective than wait and see for tennis elbow at 1 year JF - Evidence Based Medicine JO - Evid Based Med SP - 39 LP - 39 DO - 10.1136/ebm.12.2.39 VL - 12 IS - 2 A2 - , Y1 - 2007/04/01 UR - http://ebm.bmj.com/content/12/2/39.abstract N2 - Bisset L, Beller E, Jull G, et al. Mobilisation with movement and exercise, corticosteroid injection, or wait and see for tennis elbow: randomised trial. BMJ 2006;333:939–41.OpenUrlAbstract/FREE Full Text 
 
 Q In patients with tennis elbow, what is the relative efficacy of corticosteroid injection, physiotherapy, and wait and see? Clinical impact ratings GP/FP/Primary care ★★★★★★☆ Physical medicine & rehabilitation ★★★★★★★ Rheumatology ★★★★★★★ Design: randomised controlled trial. Allocation: concealed.* Blinding: blinded (data collectors, outcome assessors, and data analysts).* Follow up period: 52 weeks. Setting: community setting in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Patients: 198 patients 18–65 years of age (mean age 48 y, 65% men) with symptoms of tennis elbow lasting ⩾6 weeks. Exclusion criteria included bilateral elbow symptoms, elbow surgery or injury, and nerve involvement. Intervention: corticosteroid injection delivered to painful elbow points (with a second injection 2 wk later, if necessary) (n = 65); physiotherapy consisting of elbow manipulation and therapeutic exercise† (8 treatments over 6 wk, plus home exercises) (n = 66); or wait and see (advice to avoid aggravating … ER -