Evidence moves on frozen shoulder treatment
Gabrielle Lis
After rigorously comparing all the relevant, good quality evidence available in 2020, a team of orthopaedics researchers have recommended IA cortisone as the treatment of choice for patients with frozen shoulder of less than one year.Frozen shoulder, known clinically as adhesive capsulitis, is a common complaint involving spontaneous shoulder pain with progressive disability and loss of movement in the shoulder. The condition is not usually diagnosed via scan, but rather by a combination of clinical history and physical examination. Generally, there are three overlapping phases: pain that lasts for 2-9 months, stiffness that lasts for 4-12 months (the frozen phase) and recov...