Pain relieving effect of short-course, pulse prednisolone in managing frozen shoulder

Journal of Pain and Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 27-30

  Saeidian, Seyed Reza ^a   Hemmati, Ali Asghar ^b   Haghighi, Mohammad Hasan ^b  

^a AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Frozen shoulder; Pain; Prednisolone; Pulse therapy; Visual analog scale

Indexed keywords

DICLOFENAC; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; FEMALE; FROZEN SHOULDER; HUMAN; JOINT FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; QUALITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SHOULDER PAIN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; BURSITIS; DICLOFENAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PREDNISOLONE; SHOULDER JOINT;

EID: 34247266062     PISSN: 15360288     EISSN: 15360539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J354v21n01_06     Document Type: Article

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