A comparison of the effectiveness of landmark-guided injections and ultrasonography guided injections for shoulder pain

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 786-789

  Ucuncu, Faik ^a   Çapkin, Erhan ^a   Karkucak, Murat ^a   Ozden, Gonca ^a   Cakirbay, Hasim ^a   Tosun, Mehmet ^a   Guler, Mustafa ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Corticosteroid; Local injections; Shoulder pain; USG guide

Indexed keywords

TRIAMCINOLONE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ABDUCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GONIOMETRY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INJECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANGE OF MOTION; RATING SCALE; SHOULDER PAIN; SOFT TISSUE DISEASE; ULTRASOUND; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ECHOGRAPHY; INTRAARTICULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; JOINT CHARACTERISTICS AND FUNCTIONS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRA-ARTICULAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANGE OF MOTION, ARTICULAR; SHOULDER PAIN; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TRIAMCINOLONE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 73449128745     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e3181acb0e4     Document Type: Article

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