The frozen shoulder syndrome: Description of a new technique and five case reports using the subscapular nerve block and subscapularis trigger point infiltration

Acta Anaesthesiologica Belgica

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 137-143

  Jankovic, Danilo ^a,c   Van Zundert, A ^b  

^a Pain Management Centre   (Germany)

^b CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c Pain Management Centre Cologne Huerth   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Frozen shoulder; Subscapularis muscle; Subscapularis nerve; Subscapularis nerve block

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; MEPIVACAINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PRILOCAINE; ROPIVACAINE; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FROZEN SHOULDER; HUMAN; INFECTION; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; MUSCLE INNERVATION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE BLOCK; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PNEUMOTHORAX; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SHOULDER PAIN; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TRIGGER POINT;

ADULT; AGED; AMIDES; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BRACHIAL PLEXUS; BUPIVACAINE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SCAPULA; SHOULDER JOINT; SHOULDER PAIN; SYNDROME; TRIAMCINOLONE;

EID: 33745940945     PISSN: 00015164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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