Does Ultrasound-guided Suprascapular Nerve Block Provide Additional Benefit Over Traditional Rehabilitation Program for Patients With Chronic Shoulder Pain
Unknown statusNot applicableNCT02776865
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This study has no listed site in Canada in this snapshot. It is included as part of the worldwide chronic pain corpus.
Brief summary (from the registry)
This study was conducted to compare the efficacy of hydrodilatation with hyaluronic acid under ultrasonographic guidance plus physical therapy (PT) with that of PT alone for treating adhesive capsulitis
Study details
- Official title
- Does Ultrasound-guided Suprascapular Nerve Block Provide Additional Benefit
- Conditions
- Suprascapular Nerve Block
- Interventions
- Drug: suprascapular nerve block
- Other: physical therapy
- Sponsor
- Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan
- Start date
- 2015-10
- Primary completion
- 2016-10
- Sex
- All
- Age range
- from 40 Years to 80 Years
- Results posted
- No results posted in this snapshot
- Countries
- Taiwan
- Total sites listed
- 1
Eligibility criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: 1. chronic shoulder pain with duration of complaints more than 3 months 2. diagnosis of frozen shoulder or rotator cuff disorder Exclusion Criteria: 1. other conditions involving the shoulder ( rheumatoid arthritis, Hill-Sachs lesions,osteoporosis, or malignancies in the shoulder region); 2. neurologic deficits affecting shoulder function in normal daily activities; 3. shoulder pain caused by cervical radiculopathy 4. a history of drug allergy to xylocaine 5. pregnancy or lactation; 6. received injection into the affected shoulder during the preceding 3 months
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov (US National Library of Medicine), snapshot October 2026. Check the registry for current recruiting status. Record: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02776865