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RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL
Maximiliano Ranalletta, Luciano A Rossi, Santiago L Bongiovanni, Ignacio Tanoira, Cristina M Elizondo, Gastón D Maignon
BACKGROUND: Intra-articular corticosteroid injection is a common therapy for adhesive capsulitis, but there is a lack of prospective randomized controlled studies analyzing the efficacy of single injections applied blindly to accelerate improvement in pain and function. HYPOTHESIS: In patients with adhesive capsulitis, a single intra-articular corticosteroid injection without image control applied before the beginning of a physical therapy program will accelerate pain relief and recovery of function compared with oral nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and physical therapy...
February 2016: American Journal of Sports Medicine
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