Combined Corticosteroid With Low Volume Compared to High Volume in Impingement Syndrome

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2016-08-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This study aims to assess and compare the effectiveness of two different volumes of local anesthetic combined with 40mg of triamcinolone for subacromial injections in treating patients with rotator cuff impingement syndrome

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Ramathibodi Hospital
• Collaborator: Khon Kaen University
• Treatments: Lidocaine; Triamcinolone; Triamcinolone Acetonide; Triamcinolone diacetate; Triamcinolone hexacetonide

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. participants with clinically diagnosed the rotator cuff impingement

2. participants aged 20 years and older

3. at least 1 month's duration

4. pain of moderate to severe intensity, defined as a score of 5 or more points on a 10-cm visual analog scale (VAS) rated from 0 (no pain) to 10 (worst imaginable pain)

Exclusion Criteria:

1. patients with adhesive capsulitis of the shoulder (normal radiograph of affected shoulder, and restriction of passive motion >30° in ≥2 planes of movement)

2. previous trauma history at currently affected shoulder

3. previous corticosteroid injection history at the affected shoulder

4. abnormal calcification and/or primary osteoarthritis of the shoulder joint on plain radiographs

5. use of medication such as antiplatelet agent or anticoagulation.