Is a simultaneaus intervention of triamcinolon injections with standardized isometric exercises more effective compared to the usual care according to the NHG standard in patients with shoulder complaints. A prospective, singel blind, randomized clinical trial.
Phase 4
Recruiting
- Conditions
- impingement subacromial tendinitis10043237
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 205
Inclusion Criteria
Those patients with shoulder complaints consulting ther GP with complaints also during the night, and presence of painfull-arc and restricted range of motion.
Exclusion Criteria
not signed informed consent form, age under 18 or above 70 year, treatment (exercises or corticosteroid injections) of shoulder complaints during the last 6 months, insufficient command of the Dutch language, spoken and/or written.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>The primary outcome is the change in pain in rest, during activities or during<br /><br>the night of the last 24 hours, between baseline and 78 weeks.</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Change compared to the baselien assessments of:<br /><br>- DASH questionnaire,<br /><br>- SF36 questionnaire,<br /><br>- Analgetica use,<br /><br>- Participant rated improvement,<br /><br>- Range of Motion maesurements,<br /><br>- Painful-Arc,<br /><br>- complications of injections.</p><br>