Rotator Interval and Intra-articular Corticosteroid Injection for Frozen Shoulder

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2012-06-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

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

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Oslo University Hospital
• Treatments: Lidocaine; Triamcinolone; Triamcinolone Acetonide; Triamcinolone diacetate; Triamcinolone hexacetonide

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Pain and stiffness in one shoulder 1 - 6 months

• Restriction of passive ROM; >= 30 degrees in two or more planes compared to other shoulder

Exclusion Criteria:

• Systemic inflammatory disease

• Corticosteroid treatment last 3 months

• Poorly controlled Diabetes mellitus

• Pregnancy

• Contraindications/allergy to corticosteroids and/or Lidocaine

• Severe infections

• Osteoarthritis of the shoulder

• Fractures of the shoulder

• Rotator cuff pathology causing pain or disability

• Fibromyalgia

• Not able to understand Norwegian