Rotator Interval and Intra-articular Corticosteroid Injection for Frozen Shoulder

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare ultrasound guided capsular corticosteroid injection into the rotator interval/anterior capsule and the GH joint with ultrasound guided corticosteroid injection into the GH joint only. Both methods will be compared with placebo injections. Primary outcome measure: pain reduction at week 6 Secondary outcome measures: improvement of function (SPADI, Life quality, ROM). 0-hypothesis: no difference between the methods. The investigators want to find out if the clinical effect of the combined capsular and intra-articular injections are better than placebo and better that intra-articular injections

Timeline

Start

2009-02

Primary completion

2012-06

Completion

2012-06

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

paper For both corticosteroid injection groups, there was a significant difference compared with sham injection at week 6. PMID 25919473 ↗

paper intra-articular vs sham injection was -1.7 (95% confidence interval, -2.7 to -0.6, P = 0.002) PMID 25919473 ↗

Publications

• Prestgaard T, Wormgoor MEA, Haugen S, Harstad H, Mowinckel P, Brox JI. Ultrasound-guided intra-articular and rotator interval corticosteroid injections in adhesive capsulitis of the shoulder: a double-blind, sham-controlled randomized study. Pain. 2015 Sep;156(9):1683-1691. doi: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000000209.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Subject	Triamcinolone Hexacetonide	Other / unclassified	20 mg	Other
Background	Lidocaine	Other / unclassified	6 ml	Other
Background	Lidocaine	Other / unclassified	10 mg/ml	Other

Indications