May 27, 2005 — The final results of the CRASH trial in the May 26 Early Online Publication issue of The Lancet support the earlier conclusion that steroids should not be routinely given after head ...

The UK Medical Research Council corticosteroid randomisation after significant head injury (MRC CRASH) trial investigated outcomes following administration of the corticosteroid methylprednisolone ...

A standard treatment used on patients with head injury has been found to do more harm than good, according to major research published today. The CRASH (corticosteroids randomisation after significant ...

This is the first randomised controlled trial assessing efficacy of steroid injections for carpal tunnel syndrome in general practice. Our results indicate that steroid injections applied by trained ...

This release is also available in German. The use of anti-inflammatory drugs to treat patients with severe head injuries--common practice worldwide for the past 30 years--is actually dangerous and ...

Objectives To compare the clinical effectiveness of (1) physiotherapist-led exercise versus an exercise leaflet, and (2) ultrasound-guided subacromial corticosteroid injection versus unguided ...