Ultrasound-guided Shoulder Intraarticular Ozone Injection Versus Pulsed Radiofrequency Application for Shoulder Adhesive Capsulitis: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Background: A diseased shoulder due to pain, stiffness, or weakness negatively affects patients' quality of life and their ability to carry out activities of daily living. Adhesive capsulitis is a disease characterized by shoulder pain and global limitation of movement in the shoulder joint. Many interventions have been proposed for the treatment of primary adhesive capsulitis.

Relief of chronic shoulder pain: a comparative study of three approaches.

Background: Shoulder pain is one of the most common complaints in pain clinics and rheumatology departments, usually originates from trauma, degeneration, inflammation, vascular disease and also be referred from the hand and neck pain or headache.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to compare the effectiveness of continuous suprascapular nerve block under ultrasound guidance versus intra-articular corticosteroid injection of the shoulder and/or physiotherapy in management of chronic shoulder pain and to assess the effectiveness of these methods for relieving pain, improve range of movement of the shoulder and to demonstrate the most suitable method for treatment of such patients.

Subjects & Methods: 50 patients with a total of 63 shoulders were randomly divided into Group 1 (23 shoulders) received continuous suprascapular nerve block under ultrasound guidance in addition to rehabilitation program.