The prevalence of shoulder joint disease is high in breast cancer patients. The cause of adhesive capsulitis is not clearly identified. However, the following are known as relevant factors that are the restriction of the use of the arm after surgery, inflammation due to autoimmune action, radiation therapy, and adhesion of the surgical site. The purpose of this study is to compare and analyze the effect of intrathecal steroid injection in breast cancer survivors with adhesive capsulitis.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
28
Ultrasound-guided Gleno-humeral joint steroid (Triamcinolone 40mg with 0.5% lidocaine ) injection
Yeungnam University Hospital
Daegu, South Korea
Range of motion of shoulder joint
A goniometer is an instrument which measures the available range of motion at a joint.Flexion, Extension,Adduction,Abduction, Internal Rotation,External rotation
Time frame: Change from baseline at 3 months
Change in score on Shoulder Pain and Disability Index (SPADI)
SPADI is a scale consisting of 0-10; 0 being the best and 10 being the worse pain ever; higher scores mean a worse outcome.
Time frame: Change from baseline at 3 months
Axillary recess capsule thickness
Ultrasound measurements of axillary recess capsule thickness in unilateral frozen shoulder
Time frame: Change from baseline at 3 months
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