Delto-Tricipital Compression Syndrome: Treated With Injection of Dextrose

Summary

The posterior antebrachial cutaneous nerve (PACN) can be compressed between the deltoid and triceps, with resultant pain and dysfunction. The active treatment for this study will be injection of the point of compression and along the painful course of the sensory nerve with 5% dextrose. The control treatment will be physical therapy.

Timeline

Start

2015-01

Primary completion

2016-01

Completion

2017-01

Publications

• Background Sorensen AA, Howard D, Tan WH, Ketchersid J, Calfee RP. Minimal clinically important differences of 3 patient-rated outcomes instruments. J Hand Surg Am. 2013 Apr;38(4):641-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jhsa.2012.12.032. Epub 2013 Mar 6.
• Results Rabago D, Kijowski R, Woods M, Patterson JJ, Mundt M, Zgierska A, Grettie J, Lyftogt J, Fortney L. Association between disease-specific quality of life and magnetic resonance imaging outcomes in a clinical trial of prolotherapy for knee osteoarthritis. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2013 Nov;94(11):2075-82. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2013.06.025. Epub 2013 Jul 10.
• Results Yelland MJ, Sweeting KR, Lyftogt JA, Ng SK, Scuffham PA, Evans KA. Prolotherapy injections and eccentric loading exercises for painful Achilles tendinosis: a randomised trial. Br J Sports Med. 2011 Apr;45(5):421-8. doi: 10.1136/bjsm.2009.057968. Epub 2009 Jun 22.

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