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Management Of Adults With Primary Frozen Shoulder In Secondary Care

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May 2025

Management Of Adults With Primary Frozen Shoulder In Secondary Care

Vol: 307| Issue: 5| Number:55| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:1
Journal Level of Evidence:1

Management of adults with primary frozen shoulder in secondary care (UK FROST): a multicentre, pragmatic, three-arm, superiority randomised clinical trial.

Lancet . 2020 Oct 3;396(10256):977-989.

Contributing Authors:
A Rangan SD Brealey A Keding B Corbacho M Northgraves L Kottam L Goodchild C Srikesavan S Rex CP Charalambous N Hanchard A Armstrong A Brooksbank A Carr C Cooper JJ Dias I Donnelly C Hewitt SE Lamb C McDaid G Richardson S Rodgers E Sharp S Spencer D Torgerson F Toye

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Synopsis

Five hundred three patients with unilateral primary frozen shoulder were randomized to receive manipulation under anaesthesia with steroid injection (n=201), arthroscopic capsular release with or without steroid injection (n=203), or early structured physiotherapy with steroid injection (n=99). The primary outcome was the Oxford Shoulder Score (OSS) at 12 months. Secondary outcomes included the Qu...

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