Comparison of 2 Doses of Corticosteroid Subacromial Injections for the Treatment of Painful Shoulder

• Status: Withdrawn
• Trial end date: 2010-04-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The use of corticosteroid subacromial injections have been found to be effective for the treatment of shoulder pain. Higher doses may be better than lower doses for subacromial corticosteroid injection for rotator cuff tendonitis. The investigators aim this study to compare 2 doses of corticosteroids.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: HaEmek Medical Center, Israel
• Treatments: Betamethasone; Betamethasone benzoate; Betamethasone dipropionate, betamethasone sodium phosphate drug combination; Betamethasone sodium phosphate; Betamethasone Valerate; Betamethasone-17,21-dipropionate

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• subacromial bursitis

• tendinitis

• Calcific Tendonitis

Exclusion Criteria:

• rotator cuff tear

• osteoarthritis

• pregnancy

• local or systemic infection

• steroid or lidocaine sensitivity