Suprascapular nerve block versus steroid injection for non-specific shoulder pain

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 205, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 19-25

  Taskaynatan, Mehmet Ali ^a   Yilmaz, Bilge ^a   Ozgul, Ahmet ^a   Yazicioglu, Kamil ^a   Kalyon, Tunc Alp ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Corticosteroid injection; Shoulder pain; Suprascapular nerve block

Indexed keywords

LIDOCAINE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE ACETATE; PRILOCAINE; STEROID;

ADULT; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JOINT MOBILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SHOULDER PAIN; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STEROID THERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIDOCAINE; MALE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; SHOULDER PAIN;

EID: 13844315474     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.205.19     Document Type: Article

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