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Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy + Lidocaine Injection for Frozen Shoulder

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July 2024

Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy + Lidocaine Injection for Frozen Shoulder

Vol: 306| Issue: 7| Number:29| ISSN#: 2564-2537
Study Type:Therapy
OE Level Evidence:1
Journal Level of Evidence:1

Additional Effect of Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy with Lidocaine Injection on Clinical and MRI Findings in Frozen Shoulder: A Prospective, Randomized, Double-Blinded, Placebo-Controlled Trial.

Pain Ther . 2024 Apr;13(2):251-268.

Contributing Authors:
G Nambi M Alghadier MM Eltayeb OR Aldhafian AK Saleh N Alsanousi MNA Ibrahim AA Attallah MA Ismail M Elfeshawy YESH Wahd AJA Albarakati

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Sixty patients with frozen shoulder were randomized to receive either lidocaine injection with active extracorporeal shockwave therapy (ESWT; n=30) or lidocaine injection with placebo ESWT (n=30). Outcomes of interest were pain intensity measured by the visual analog scale (VAS), the thickness of the coracohumeral ligament (CHL) assessed by MRI, abduction and lateral rotation range of motion (ROM)...

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