Clinical recommendation	Evidence rating	References
Corticosteroid injection without splinting is the preferred initial treatment for de Quervain tenosynovitis.	B	1, 2
Corticosteroid injection for trochanteric pain is safe and highly effective. With trochanteric pain, satisfactory pain relief often is achieved with a single corticosteroid injection.	C	4, 5
Subacromial corticosteroid injection provides short-term pain relief that is greater than placebo and at least equal to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug therapy.	B	9, 11, 12
Corticosteroid injection reduces short-term (less than six weeks) symptoms from lateral epicondylitis, but physical therapy is superior to steroid injection after six weeks.	A	13, 15, 16
Intra-articular steroid injections reduce pain and swelling in osteoarthritis of the knee.	A	17
The addition of local anesthetics to steroid injections improves pain relief and can be used to differentiate local from referred pain.	C	30, 46, 47