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Comparison of the Efficacy of Ultrasound Guided vs Non-guided Suprascapular Nerve Block Treatment in Stroke Patients

A

Abant Izzet Baysal University

Status and phase

Enrolling
Phase 4

Conditions

Stroke
Hemiplegia

Treatments

Drug: Anatomical Landmark-guided Suprascapular Nerve Block
Drug: Ultrasound-guided Suprascapular Nerve Block

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT05260125
AIBU-FTR-SK-01

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to compare the effectiveness of ultrasound-guided and non-guided suprascapular nerve block in the treatment of patients with hemiplegic shoulder pain, which is one of the most common post-stroke complications.

Full description

Hemiplegic shoulder pain is a general term used to describe shoulder pain that occurs after a stroke. It is one of the complications that significantly affects the rehabilitation of patients.The suprascapular nerve takes up 70% of the sensation of the shoulder joint. For this reason, suprascapular nerve block treatment is applied in the treatment of hemiplegic shoulder pain.In patients with hemiplegic shoulder pain, suprascapular nerve block therapy can be performed under ultrasound guidance or using anatomical landmarks. However, there is no study in the literature comparing the effectiveness of ultrasound-guided and unguided suprascapular nerve block in the treatment of hemiplegic shoulder pain Patients with hemiplegic shoulder pain among the patients who received routine conservative rehabilitation treatment in the physical therapy and rehabilitation clinic with the diagnosis of post-stroke hemiplegia will be included in the study.

Hemiplegic patients aged 25-75 years, with shoulder pain lasting for 3 months and with a Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) value > 3 during passive shoulder joint movement will be included in the study.

Exclusion criteria from the study will be determined as mini mental test score < 24, uncontrolled diabetes, coagulopathy, botulinum toxin administration in the last six months, any injection from the shoulder region in the last six months, and hypersensitivity to injection agents.

It will be organized as a prospective randomized study. It is planned to include 50 patients in the study. Patients will be randomized into two groups in equal numbers, stratified by age and sex.

Patients in group 1 will be applied with ultrasound-guided suprascapular nerve block.

Patients in Group 2 will be applied with suprascapular nerve block using defined anatomical points without ultrasound guidance.

Initially, demographic data, medical history, stroke etiology, duration of stroke, body mass index, hemiplegic side information of the patients will be obtained.

Patients in both groups will be evaluated in terms of shoulder joint range of motion, Visual Analogue Scale, Brunnstrom Stages of Stroke Recovery, Barthel Index, Modified Ashworth Scale, The Beck Depression Inventory before the treatment, at the 1st week, 1st month and 3rd month after the injection.

Enrollment

50 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

25 to 75 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Having hemiplegic shoulder pain for 3 months
  • Visual analogue scale score > 3 during passive shoulder joint movement on the hemiplegic side

Exclusion criteria

  • Mini mental test score <24
  • Patients with uncontrolled diabetes, coagulopathy
  • Botulinum toxin administration in the past six months,
  • Any injection in the shoulder region in the last six months
  • Having hypersensitivity to injection agents

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

Single Blind

50 participants in 2 patient groups

Ultrasound-guided Suprascapular Nerve Block
Experimental group
Description:
Ultrasound-guided Suprascapular Nerve Block
Treatment:
Drug: Ultrasound-guided Suprascapular Nerve Block
Anatomical Landmark-guided Suprascapular Nerve Block
Active Comparator group
Description:
Anatomical Landmark-guided Suprascapular Nerve Block
Treatment:
Drug: Anatomical Landmark-guided Suprascapular Nerve Block

Trial contacts and locations

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Central trial contact

Serdar Kılınç

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