Pain relief in early rehabilitation of rotator cuff tendinitis: Any role for indirect suprascapular nerve block?

Europa Medicophysica

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 195-204

  Di Lorenzo, L ^a   Pappagallo, M ^b   Gimigliano, R ^c   Palmieri, E ^a   Saviano, E ^a   Bello, A ^a   Forte, A ^a   Deblasio, E ^a   Trombetti, C ^a  

^a G RUMMO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Nerve block; Pain; Rotator cuff; Shoulder; Suprascapular nerve; Tendinitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; JOINT MOBILITY; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REHABILITATION CARE; ROTATOR CUFF INJURY; SELF REPORT; SHOULDER PAIN; SLEEP PATTERN; TENDINITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SHOULDER PAIN; TENDINOPATHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33845956067     PISSN: 00142573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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