Does Ultrasound-guided Suprascapular Nerve Block Provide Additional Benefit Over Traditional Rehabilitation Program for Patients With Chronic Shoulder Pain (2015/8/1)

Taipei Veterans General Hospital

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Suprascapular Nerve Block

Treatments: Drug: suprascapular nerve block; Other: physical therapy

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02776865

2015-09-009C

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study was conducted to compare the efficacy of hydrodilatation with hyaluronic acid under ultrasonographic guidance plus physical therapy (PT) with that of PT alone for treating adhesive capsulitis

Enrollment: 60 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 40 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. chronic shoulder pain with duration of complaints more than 3 months
2. diagnosis of frozen shoulder or rotator cuff disorder

Exclusion criteria

1. other conditions involving the shoulder ( rheumatoid arthritis, Hill-Sachs lesions,osteoporosis, or malignancies in the shoulder region);
2. neurologic deficits affecting shoulder function in normal daily activities;
3. shoulder pain caused by cervical radiculopathy
4. a history of drug allergy to xylocaine
5. pregnancy or lactation;
6. received injection into the affected shoulder during the preceding 3 months

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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60 participants in 2 patient groups

physical therapy and suprascapular nerve block

Experimental group

Description:

patient received ultrasound-guided suprascapular nerve block as well as physical therapy.

Treatment:

Other: physical therapy

Drug: suprascapular nerve block

physical therapy only

Active Comparator group

Description:

patient received physical therapy only.

Treatment:

Other: physical therapy