Frozen shoulder: prospective clinical study with an evaluation of three treatment regimens.
Forty-two patients with frozen shoulder were followed up closely for eight months. They were all taught pendular exercises and randomly allocated to one of four treatment groups: (a) intraarticular steroids, (b) mobilisations , (c) ice therapy, (d) no treatment. This study has shown that there is little long-term advantage in any of the treatment regimens but that steroid injections may benefit pain and range of movement in the early stages of the condition.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007053:Ice; D008012:Lidocaine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D008775:Methylprednisolone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000077555:Methylprednisolone Acetate; D008875:Middle Aged; D009068:Movement; D010489:Periarthritis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000534:rehabilitation / Q000628:therapy*; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011897:Random Allocation; D012785:Shoulder Joint / Q000503:physiopathology
D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D007053:Ice; D000077555:Methylprednisolone Acetate; D008012:Lidocaine; D008775:Methylprednisolone