The aim of this clinical study is to compare the effectiveness of suprascapular nerve pulsed radiofrequency and intra-articular steroid injection in patients with frozen shoulder (adhesive capsulitis). The main questions it aims to answer are: 1. What is the effectiveness of intra-articular steroid injection in frozen shoulder? 2. What is the effectiveness of suprascapular nerve radiofrequency in frozen shoulder? 3. Should these two methods be used together in frozen shoulder?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Enrollment
80
IACI can provide rapid effect in pain reliving, reducing inflammation and improving ROM that could increase the compliance of exercise therapy.
SCNRFT is a new choice for treatment of frozen shoulder. The suprascapular nerve is the nerve that is most commonly affected in the condition of a frozen shoulder and it is for this reason that the suprascapular nerve is directly targeted by pulsed radiofrequency treatment. As radiology techniques advance, ultrasound-guided SCNB becomes more popular. It provides a cost and time-effective way to "tag" the nerve accurately without injury to the nerves or vessels.
Ankara University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Department of Algology
Ankara, Turkey (Türkiye)
Change of The Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)
The Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) measures pain intensity. The VAS consists of a 10cm line, with two end points representing 0 ('no pain') and 10 ('pain as bad as it could possibly be'). Ask the patient to rate their current level of pain by placing a mark on the line.
Time frame: baseline and at 4 weeks and 12 weeks after the beginning of the treatment.
The active ROM
The maximal active ROMs of the affected shoulder will be measured using a goniometer under the guidelines of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons. These measurements included abduction in the frontal plane, forward flexion, internal rotation, and external rotation with the arm at 0 degrees of abduction.
Time frame: Baseline and at 4 weeks and 12 weeks after the beginning of the treatment.
Change of scores of the Shoulder Pain and Disability Index (SPADI)
The total SPADI score, which ranges between 0 and 100, is calculated by averaging the scores from the pain and disabilities subclasses.
Time frame: Baseline and at 4 weeks and 12 weeks after the beginning of the treatment.
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