Reuters

Injections and physical therapy equal for treating shoulder pain

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Physical therapy and steroid injections work equally well for shoulder pain, according to a new study. Researchers compared the treatments for people with shoulder ...
BMJ

Optimising outcomes of exercise and corticosteroid injection in patients with subacromial pain (impingement) syndrome: a factorial randomised trial

Objectives To compare the clinical effectiveness of (1) physiotherapist-led exercise versus an exercise leaflet, and (2) ultrasound-guided subacromial corticosteroid injection versus unguided ...
Nature

Efficacy of high-volume vs very low volume corticosteroid subacromial injection in subacromial impingement syndrome: a randomized controlled trial

Subacromial corticosteroid injections (SCI) treat shoulder pain from subacromial impingement syndrome (SIS). However, a high-volume corticosteroid injection (HVCI) increases the incidence of local and ...
Nature

A retrospective comparative study on the effectiveness of multisite injection versus arthroscopic capsular release for idiopathic frozen shoulder

As a common musculoskeletal problem, frozen shoulder usually manifests with spontaneous shoulder pain and the progressive loss of joint movements (especially forward flexion, abduction and external ...