Steroid Injection for Adhesive Capsulitis

• Status: Recruiting
• Trial end date: 2021-09-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This study was conducted to compare the efficacy of hydrodilatation with low dose steroid with high dose steroid for treating adhesive capsulitis.

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan
• Treatments: Lidocaine; Triamcinolone; Triamcinolone Acetonide; Triamcinolone diacetate; Triamcinolone hexacetonide

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. clinical diagnosis of adhesive capsulitis

2. a duration of complaints more than 3 months

3. a reduction in passive range of motion in at least 2 of the following: forward flexion, abduction, or external rotation of the affected shoulder of more than 30 degree compared with the other side.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. prior manipulation of the affected shoulder under anesthesia;

2. other conditions involving the shoulder ( rheumatoid arthritis, Hill-Sachs lesions, osteoarthritis, damage to the glenohumeral cartilage,osteoporosis, or malignancies in the shoulder region);

3. neurologic deficits affecting shoulder function in normal daily activities;

4. shoulder pain caused by cervical radiculopathy

5. a history of drug allergy to hyaluronic acid;

6. pregnancy or lactation;

7. received injection into the affected shoulder during the preceding 3 months