Suprascapular nerve block for shoulder pain in the first year after stroke: A randomized controlled trial

Stroke

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 3136-3141

  Adey Wakeling, Zoe ^a   Crotty, Maria ^a   Michael Shanahan, E ^b  

^a REPATRIATION GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hemiplegia; Nerve block; Shoulder pain; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT; PLACEBO;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANKIN SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SHOULDER PAIN; STROKE PATIENT; SUPRASCAPULAR NERVE BLOCK; SURVIVOR; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

HEMIPLEGIA; NERVE BLOCK; SHOULDER PAIN; STROKE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SHOULDER PAIN; STROKE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84888305037     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.113.002471     Document Type: Article

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