TY - JOUR T1 - Injection of botulinum toxin for treatment of chronic lateral epicondylitis: systematic review and meta-analysis JF - Semin Arthritis Rheum Y1 - 2011 A1 - Galvin, R A1 - Callaghan, Claire A1 - Chan, Wai-Sun A1 - Dimitrov, B A1 - Fahey, T KW - Botulinum Toxins, Type A KW - Chronic Disease KW - Databases, Bibliographic KW - Finger Injuries KW - Humans KW - Injections, Intramuscular KW - Movement KW - Neuromuscular Agents KW - Outpatients KW - Pain KW - Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic KW - Tennis Elbow KW - Treatment Outcome AB - In this article in Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism, Kalichman and coworkers examine the impact of the botulinum toxin injections in the management of lateral epicondylitis ( 1). We would like to add to the findings of this systematic review in 2 ways: first, we use a different method of pooling the data that allows us to present the findings in a clinically meaningful manner. Second, we also examine 2 randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that compare an active comparator to BoNT-A injections ( 2 and 3). We have summarized the 6 trials in Table 1 VL - 40 UR - http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0049017211000151 IS - 6 ER -