Steroid injections and operative methods similar for shoulder adhesive capsulitis .
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Shoulder adhesive capsulitis: manipulation and arthroscopic arthrolysis or intra-articular steroid injections?
Int Orthop. 2012 Jan;36(1):101-6. Epub 2011 Aug 1144 patients with stage II shoulder adhesive capsulitis were randomized to receive either manipulation with arthroscopic arthrolysis or intra-articular steroid injection. The results from final follow-up analysis indicate that both treatments provide significant improvements in shoulder range of motion and in all clinical scores when compared to baseline measures. These improvements were identified at 6 weeks in the manipulation group and at 12 weeks in the steroid injection group.
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