Author | Intervention | Number (randomised) | Number (completing) | Design | Duration (weeks) | Efficacy |
Cederlof 1966 | prednisolone 25 mg vplacebo | 44 | 44 | parallel | 8 | Equal |
Friedman 1980 | TH 20 mg v placebo | 34 | 34 | parallel | 8 | TH > placebo at 1 week only |
Dieppe1980 | TH 20 mg vplacebo | 12+16 | 12+16 | parallel/cross over | 6 and 2 | TH > placebo at 2 weeks only |
Valtonen1981 | TH 20 mg vbeta-methasone 6 mg | 42 | 42 | parallel | 24 | TH >betamethasone |
Sambrook 1989 | MP 80 mg v 80 mg peripatellar | 38 | 32 | parallel | 12 | Equal |
Gaffney 1995 | TH 20 mg vplacebo | 84 | 84 | parallel | 6 | TH > placebo at week 1 only |
Jones 1996 | MP 40 mg v placebo | 59 | 47 | cross over | 8 | MP > placebo at 3 weeks only |
TH=triamcinolone hexacetonide; MP=methylprednisolone.