PMID- 30608419
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20190128
LR  - 20210109
IS  - 1536-5964 (Electronic)
IS  - 0025-7974 (Print)
IS  - 0025-7974 (Linking)
VI  - 98
IP  - 1
DP  - 2019 Jan
TI  - A randomized controlled trial of ultrasound-guided pulsed radiofrequency for 
      patients with frozen shoulder.
PG  - e13917
LID - 10.1097/MD.0000000000013917 [doi]
LID - e13917
AB  - BACKGROUND: This study assessed the effectiveness and safety of ultrasound-guided 
      pulsed radiofrequency (UGPRF) for patients with frozen shoulder (FS). METHODS: 
      This study was designed as a randomized, double-blind, sham control trial. A 
      total of 136 patients with FS were recruited and then were equally randomly 
      allocated into a treatment group (n = 68) and a sham group (n = 68). The patients 
      in the treatment group received UGPRF, while the subjects in the sham group 
      underwent sham UGPRF. Patients in both groups were treated for a total of 12 
      weeks. The primary outcome was the pain intensity, measured by the visual analog 
      scale (VAS). The secondary outcomes consisted of shoulder disorder, measured by 
      the score of shoulder pain and disability index (SPADI); quality of life, 
      assessed by the Short Form-36 questionnaire (SF-36); and any adverse events (AEs) 
      during the treatment period. All outcomes were measured at baseline, at the end 
      of 6-week, and 12-week treatment. RESULTS: At the end of 6 weeks, and 12 weeks, 
      UGPRF showed more promising outcome results in pain relief, as measured by VAS 
      (P <.01), improvement of shoulder disorder, as assessed by SPADI score (pain, 
      P <.01; disability, P <.01; total, P <.01), and enhancement of quality of life, 
      as measured by the SF-36 scale (PCS, P <.01; MCS, P <.01), compared with sham 
      UGPRF in this study. CONCLUSION: The findings of this study showed that UGPRF may 
      benefit for patients with FS after 12 weeks treatment.
FAU - Yan, Juan
AU  - Yan J
AD  - Department of Ultrasound, Yanan University Affiliated Hospital, Yanan.
FAU - Zhang, Xian-Min
AU  - Zhang XM
AD  - Department of Ultrasound, The First People's Hospital of Xianyang City, Xianyang, 
      China.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Randomized Controlled Trial
PL  - United States
TA  - Medicine (Baltimore)
JT  - Medicine
JID - 2985248R
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Aged
MH  - Bursitis/*therapy
MH  - Disability Evaluation
MH  - Double-Blind Method
MH  - Humans
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Pain Measurement
MH  - Pulsed Radiofrequency Treatment/*methods
MH  - Quality of Life
MH  - Ultrasonography, Interventional
PMC - PMC6344187
COIS- The authors have no conflicts of interest to disclose.
EDAT- 2019/01/05 06:00
MHDA- 2019/01/29 06:00
PMCR- 2019/01/04
CRDT- 2019/01/05 06:00
PHST- 2019/01/05 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2019/01/05 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2019/01/29 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2019/01/04 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 00005792-201901040-00039 [pii]
AID - MD-D-18-08551 [pii]
AID - 10.1097/MD.0000000000013917 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Medicine (Baltimore). 2019 Jan;98(1):e13917. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000013917.