Shoulder adhesive capsulitis: Systematic review of randomised trials using multiple corticosteroid injections

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 57, Issue 541, 2007, Pages 662-667

  Shah, Nicholas ^a   Lewis, Mark ^b  

^a Whetstone Medical Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adhesive capsulitis; Injections; Randomised clinical trials; Review; Shoulder; Steroids; Systematic

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STEROID;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COCHRANE LIBRARY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIZZINESS; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG FEVER; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG MEGADOSE; EMBASE; FATIGUE; FLUSHING; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; HUMEROSCAPULAR PERIARTHRITIS; INJECTION SITE PAIN; LOW DRUG DOSE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; MEDLINE; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANGE OF MOTION; RATING SCALE; SHOULDER PAIN; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN IRRITATION; SWEATING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; XEROSTOMIA;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; BURSITIS; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SHOULDER JOINT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34547819770     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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