Overview

Ultrasound-Guided Glenohumeral Steroid Injection

Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2014-02-01
Target enrollment:
0
Participant gender:
All
Summary
The investigators compared the results of the ultrasound-guided anterior and posterior approaches to administer glenohumeral steroid injections to patients with primary adhesive capsulitis of the shoulder joint by a single experienced provider.
Phase:
N/A
Accepts Healthy Volunteers?
No
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital
Treatments:
Lidocaine
Triamcinolone
Triamcinolone Acetonide
Triamcinolone diacetate
Triamcinolone hexacetonide
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:

- shoulder pain and limitations of active and passive motion in at least two directions
(abduction and forward flexion < 100, external rotation < 30, or internal rotation <
L3) on the pre-injection check-up

- those who underwent MRI or ultrasonography with no secondary cause for adhesive
capsulitis, such as a rotator cuff tear, calcific tendinitis, or osteoarthritis

Exclusion Criteria:

- history of fracture or operation on the affected shoulder

- loss to follow-up before 13 weeks after the injection

- receiving another treatment that was different from our protocol within 13 weeks after
the injection

- no functional scores within 13 weeks after the injection