["Primary" shoulder stiffness: illness duration and therapeutic comparison].
OBJECTIVE
Etiology, natural history and therapy of the frozen shoulder still remains obscure. Therefore observation of natural history is of interest.


METHODS
In a retrospective study 140 patients with different therapies were followed-up.


RESULTS
28 (20%) patients were not considered as healed because of persisting complaints during the whole follow-up period with an average duration of 49 months. Mobilisation under anaesthesia (27 patients) showed an less improval in range of motion with a shortening of complaint period.


CONCLUSIONS
The existence of a subgroup of patients with no response on regular therapy is assumed.
Wallny
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Orthopädische Universitätsklinik Bonn.
Melzer
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Wagner
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Wirth
C J
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Schmitt
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008349:Manipulation, Orthopedic; D008875:Middle Aged; D010489:Periarthritis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D016059:Range of Motion, Articular / Q000502:physiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012785:Shoulder Joint