Bursitis
UK sources of information and / or support
Patient UK has information leaflets called
Olecranon Bursitis and Housemaid's Knee (Prepatellar Bursitis)
The Repetitive Strain Injury Association
Has information about bursitis.
Medicine Guide for Bursitis
Medicine Guides provide reliable information about medicines (drugs), conditions and the different treatment options available. They have been developed in the UK as part of the Medicines Information Project. Includes detailed information about medicines used to treat bursitis.
Further sources / more detailed information
Some non-UK sites
The following list popular non-UK health information sites with content aimed at the general public. They are mainly from the US. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included but these large sites are comprehensive.
- Non-UK disease / illness sites
- Non-UK self-help / support group sites
More detailed medical information
The following list online sources of more detailed medical information, mainly from the UK. These sites are mainly aimed at health professionals, but are of interest to all. They have not been checked to see if information about the above topic is included, but information about most medical topics can usually be found.
- PatientPlus - hundreds of medical reference articles provided by Patient UK.
- Evidence Based Medicine - such as from Clinical Evidence, The Cochrane Library, etc.
- Database of UK Clinical Guidelines - from NICE, SIGN, Clinical Knowledge Summaries, etc.
- Medline - abstracts available from thousands of journals.
- Sites listing free online medical textbooks and journals.
- Sites listing free medical images - pictures, atlases, anatomy, skin diseases, etc.
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Related pages in Patient UK
Health Topic information leaflets related to this topic (^ top of page)
Housemaid's Knee (Prepatellar Bursitis) Olecranon BursitisPatientPlus articles related to this topic (^ top of page)
Olecranon Bursitis - Student's Elbow Prepatellar Bursitis - Housemaid's KneePatient UK Newspaper (^ top of page)
Recent related news items
The Joint ClinicAll news by related topic
Bursitis newsRelated Products (^ top of page)
Medical equipment
Books
Other - Useful resources (^ top of page)
Pictures, diagrams, photos, images, etc.Evidence based medicine
Online textbooks and journals
UK Guidelines
Online Videos
Medline
Other good health sites
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