Is Combined Steroid and Sodium Hyaluronate Hydrodilatation More Effective Than Isolated Steroid Hydrodilatation in Treating Patients With Adhesive Capsulitis

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Trial end date: 2024-04-06
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This study was conducted to compare the efficacy of hydrodilatation with steroid with hyaluronic acid and steroid for treating adhesive capsulitis.

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan
• Treatments: Hyaluronic Acid; Lidocaine; Triamcinolone; Triamcinolone Acetonide; Triamcinolone diacetate; Triamcinolone hexacetonide

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. age 35-65 years

2. onset of shoulder stiffness since over a month

3. limitation in the passive range of motion (ROM) over 30° when compared with the contralateral side in at least two of these three movements: forward flexion, abduction, or external rotation.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. ultrasound findings of rotator cuff tears,

2. plain radiography findings of significant glenohumeral joint arthritis,

3. accompanying cervical radiculopathy,

4. systemic inflammatory joint disease,

5. intraarticular injection into the glenohumeral joint within the past 3 months

6. history of surgery on the affected shoulders,

7. regular use of systemic non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs or corticosteroids,

8. allergy to corticosteroid or lidocaine.