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Efficacy of Prolotherapy and Hydrodilatation for Frozen Shoulder

Not Applicable
Conditions
Frozen Shoulder
Interventions
Other: injection
Registration Number
NCT05448794
Lead Sponsor
Tri-Service General Hospital
Brief Summary

Objective: To determine whether ultrasound-guided Intra-Articular Hypertonic Dextrose and hydrodilatation improves pain and function in patients with frozen shoulder(FS)

Detailed Description

Setting: a medical center hospital. Participants: Subjects with primary FS with shoulder pain more than 3 months. Interventions: Participants randomly be assigned into A and B group: group A received ultrasound-guided hydrodilatation with hypertonic Dextrose with a mixture of 2mL of 50%, 1mL of 2% lidocaine, and 6ml normative saline ; group B : ultrasound-guided hydrodilatation with 9 mL of normative saline and 1 mL of 2% lidocaine.

Main Outcome Measures: The primary outcome measure was the Shoulder Pain and Disability Index score. Secondary outcomes were the VAS of shoulder pain level, muscle power and angles of shoulder passive range of motion, including flexion, abduction, extension, external rotation, and internal rotation at pretreatment and weeks 2, 4, 8, 12 and 24 of post-treatment.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
UNKNOWN
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
60
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
evaluation prolotherapy for frozen shoulderinjectionThis pilot study highlighted that prospective studies are required to prove its clinical application for FS and other conditions.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
the Shoulder Pain and Disability Index score2 weeks
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Tri-Service General Hospital

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Taipei, Alberta, Taiwan

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