A comparison of the efficacy of corticosteroid and anaesthetic injection into the glenohumeral joint with and without hydrodilatation in patients with frozen shoulders.
Not Applicable
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Musculoskeletal - Other muscular and skeletal disordersPatients with adhesive capsulitis within the ages of 18 and 90 years with exclusion criteria.
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12610000187044
- Lead Sponsor
- Dr.Kishen Narayanasamy
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 100
Inclusion Criteria
patients with adhesive capsulitis with a
-generalised limitation of glenohumeral motion with pain at rest or on movement in 2 or more planes and with a limited range of movement of less than 30 degrees.
-duration of symptoms greater than 3 months
Exclusion Criteria
Osteoarthritis, systemic inflammatory disorder – rheumatoid arthritis, previous surgery within 6 months, pregnant, rotator cuff disease, referred pain from cervical spine, contraindications to the procedure: warfarin, contrast allergy, trauma within the last six months of presentation, mental illness, fibromyalgia
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method measurement of pain scores,Shoulder Pain and Disability Index or SPADI score[up to 12 weeks following randomised treatment of the injection involving weeks 4, 8 and 12 post-treatment]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method measurement of range of movement of the affected shoulder assessed using the plurimeter.[up to 12 weeks post randomised treatment involving weeks 4,8 and 12 post-treatment.]