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Manual Therapy Plus Lidocaine For Frozen Shoulder

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November 2025

Manual Therapy Plus Lidocaine For Frozen Shoulder

Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:1
Journal Level of Evidence:1

Efficacy of MRI and clinical findings of Lidocaine injection combined with manual therapy in frozen shoulder-A prospective, randomized, single-blinded, sham-controlled trial.

PLoS One . 2025 Aug 6;20(8):e0328783.

Contributing Authors:
G Nambi M Alghadier EE Ebrahim MM Eltayeb DE Sobeh OR Aldhafian SH Pakkir Mohamed NN Alshahrani FZ Kashoo H Muthusamy R Unnikrishnan AJA Albarakati

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Sixty adults with clinically diagnosed frozen shoulder were randomized to receive intra-articular lidocaine plus active manual therapy (scapular mobilization and posterior capsular stretching; n = 30) or intra-articular lidocaine plus sham manual therapy (light touch/simulated mobilization; n = 30), in addition to a standardized physiotherapy and progressive resistance exercise program delivered f...

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