What Factors Are Associated With Prognosis of Rotator Cuff Disorder After Subacromial Hyaluronic Acid Injection

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2019-03-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

To evaluate the correlations between structure of supraspinatus tendon (impingement, tendinopathy or partial tear, as well as full thickness tear) on ultrasonography and its response to subacromial hyaluronic acid injection in rotator cuff disease patients

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

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan
• Treatments: Hyaluronic Acid

Criteria

Inclusion criteria were patients

1. with clinically and ultrasonographically diagnosed rotator cuff disease of the shoulder-impingement, tendinosis and tear;

2. who reported shoulder pain more than 3 months;

Exclusion Criteria:

1. presence of another medical or psychological condition, including cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, endocrine disease (i.e., diabetes), major depression, or schizophrenia;

2. previous major trauma history at currently affected shoulder; 3 primary osteoarthritis of the glenohumeral joint in a simple radiograph; 4previous injection history at the affected shoulder within 3 months