RT Book, Section A1 Lamer, Tim J. A2 Warfield, Carol A. A2 Bajwa, Zahid H. SR Print(0) ID 3420282 T1 Chapter 67. Intra-Articular Injections and Facet Blocks T2 Principles & Practice of Pain Medicine, 2e YR 2004 FD 2004 PB The McGraw-Hill Companies PP New York, NY SN 9780071443494 LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=3420282 RD 2024/03/29 AB The use of systemic corticosteroids for the treatment of symptomatic arthritis began shortly after the discovery and synthesis of cortisone in the 1940s.1 Intra-articular steroid injections followed shortly thereafter. In 1951, Hollander published the results of a large series of patients treated with corticosteroid joint injections. Since then, corticosteroid injections have played an important role in the diagnosis and management of acute and chronic joint and periarticular pain problems.