Adhesive capsulitis: No benefit of adjunctive hyaluronate injection to physical therapy .
Addition of Intra-articular Hyaluronate Injection to Physical Therapy Program Produces No Extra Benefits in Patients With Adhesive Capsulitis of the Shoulder: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2012 Jun;93(6):957-64. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2012.01.021. Epub 2012 Apr 1370 patients with Adhesive Capsulitis of the shoulder were randomly placed into either of the following treatment groups: group 1, intra-articular hyaluronic acid injections with physical therapy (HAPT group); or group 2, physical therapy alone (PT group). Both groups experienced improvements in terms of pain, disability, and quality of life after the treatments; in addition, the active and passive range of motion improved with increasing treatment duration over 3 months. No significant differences were found between the two treatments.
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