Trial reportClinical rheumatology2012
Treatment of frozen shoulder with subcutaneous TNF-alpha blockade compared with local glucocorticoid injection: a randomised pilot study.
Trial report in Clinical rheumatology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
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Who cites it
7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.
- Comparison of Treatments for Frozen Shoulder: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.JAMA network open · 2020Pooled it
- From inflammatory activation to fibrotic remodeling: the central role of macrophage heterogeneity in frozen shoulder.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- Frozen shoulder: a narrative review of current treatment concepts and the underlying scientific evidence.Clinics in shoulder and elbow · 2025Article
- Basic Science Research in Frozen Shoulder: Current Updates.Indian journal of orthopaedics · 2025Article
- Causal relationships between systemic inflammatory cytokines and adhesive capsulitis: a bidirectional Mendelian randomization study.Frontiers in immunology · 2024Article
- Post-surgical physiotherapy in frozen shoulder: A review.Shoulder & elbow · 2022Review
- Adhesive capsulitis of the shoulder: review of pathophysiology and current clinical treatments.Shoulder & elbow · 2017Review
Corrections and comments
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Authors and funding
3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
We compared the effect of subcutaneous adalimumab injections with intraarticular glucocorticoid injections on frozen shoulder of 18 patients with unilateral joint involvement. Ten patients were randomised to subcutaneous injections with adalimumab and eight to intraarticular glucocorticoid injections administered every other week for a total of three administrations. The evaluation included validated scores. No effect of subcutaneous injections of adalimumab on frozen shoulder symptoms was demonstrated.
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