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19 questions · 19 findings · 2 reviews · Musculoskeletal

No studies found 9 · 47.4%GRADE not reported 1 · 5.3%Very low 3 · 15.8%Low 6 · 31.6%Moderate 0 · 0%High 0 · 0%

Oral NSAIDs vs glucocorticoid injection

Treatment success Fair, good or excellent effectiveness · Adults with lateral elbow pain

It is very uncertain whether oral NSAIDs changes treatment success Fair, good or excellent effectiveness compared with glucocorticoid injection (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Combination of manual therapy, exercise, electrotherapy and oral NSAID vs oral NSAID

Global assessment of treatment success · patients with adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder)

Combination of manual therapy, exercise, electrotherapy and oral NSAID may leads to higher global assessment of treatment success "Disappearance of shoulder… compared with oral NSAID (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Combination of manual therapy, exercise, electrotherapy and oral NSAID vs oral NSAID

Adverse events Pain persisting longer than 2 hours after treatment (during the 3‐week treatment period) · patients with adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder)

Combination of manual therapy, exercise, electrotherapy and oral NSAID may leads to higher adverse events Pain persisting longer than 2 hours after treatment… compared with oral NSAID (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review