Ultrasound-guided injections for supraspinatus tendinopathy: corticosteroid versus glucose prolotherapy - a randomized controlled clinical trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Subacromial corticosteroid injections are frequently performed for pain associated with supraspinatus tendinopathy. Glucose prolotherapy has been used clinically for multiple tendinopathies and is hypothesized to be an alternate injection therapy for supraspinatus tendinopathy.

Methods

A prospective, randomized, double blinded clinical trial was conducted. Thirty-six patients with supraspinatus tendinopathy were randomized into two groups: 17 received an ultrasound-guided injection of glucose into the tendinopathic parts of the supraspinatus tendon and 19 received an ultrasound-guided injection of corticosteroid into the subacromial bursa. Primary outcome was level of pain with overhead activities at 3 months. Secondary outcome measures included level and frequenc

SUBMITTER: Cole B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5960868 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature