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

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.

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