the effectiveness of corticosteroid injection in impingment syndrome
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Impingment syndrome.Bursitis of shoulder
- Registration Number
- IRCT2015042021872N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Isfahan University Of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 40
Inclusion Criteria
inclusion criteria:
posterolateral shoulder pain; Pain in abduction or painful restriction of glenohumeral mobility; provocation of symptoms by Neer and Hawkins tests.
Exclusion criteria:
shoulder pain due to osseous pathology (e.g. osteoarthritis, osteonecrosis); duration of shoulder pain more than three month; previous trauma in the shoulder region; previous physiotherapy or local steroid injection; evidence of predisposing condition such as pregnancy; diabetes mellitus; rheumatoid arthritis; hypothyroidism.
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain. Timepoint: Beginning of the study, after six weeks. Method of measurement: questionnaire.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Function. Timepoint: six weeks. Method of measurement: questionnaire and goniometer.;Shoulder range of motion. Timepoint: six week. Method of measurement: questionnaire and goniometer.