SynthesisScientific reports2017
Effectiveness of Glenohumeral Joint Dilatation for Treatment of Frozen Shoulder: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.
Synthesis in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04619173 (Additional Effects of Thoracic Manipulation in Patients With Adhesive Capsulitis.), which is not on this map. Cited by 32 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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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.
Additional Effects of Thoracic Manipulation in Patients With Adhesive Capsulitis.
Who cites it
32 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 59 citations in OpenAlex.
- Efficacy of hydrodilatation in frozen shoulder: a systematic review and meta-analysis.British medical bulletin · 2023Pooled it
- Pooled it
- Comparative efficacy of supra-scapular nerve block, posterior shoulder capsule hydro-dilatation, and shoulder interval hydro-dilatation in managing shoulder adhesive capsulitis.Clinical rheumatology · 2025Trial
- Intra-articular steroid for adhesive capsulitis: does hydrodilatation give any additional benefit? A randomized control trial.Skeletal radiology · 2020Trial
- Retrospective analysis of ultrasound-guided hydrodistension in patients with post-traumatic adhesive capsulitis of the shoulder.Musculoskeletal surgery · 2026Article
- Comparison of intra-articular steroid injection and pericapsular nerve group block for pain control and functional outcomes in patients undergoing manipulation under anaesthesia for frozen shoulder - A randomised controlled trial.Indian journal of anaesthesia · 2026Article
- Cadaveric analyses of injectate distribution patterns in ultrasound-guided rotator interval, dual-target, and posterior glenohumeral injections.Insights into imaging · 2026Article
- What do European shoulder surgeons think of the frozen shoulder? Results of a questionnaire survey among the members of the European Society for Surgery of the Shoulder and the Elbow and a review of the current evidence.EFORT open reviews · 2025Review
- Ultrasound in Adhesive Capsulitis: A Narrative Exploration from Static Imaging to Contrast-Enhanced, Dynamic and Sonoelastographic Insights.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Effective treatment of hydroplasty injections and immediate physical therapy for glenohumeral adhesive capsulitis: a retrospective clinical analysis.JSES international · 2025Article
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- Hydrodilatation: a comparison between diabetics and non-diabetics with adhesive capsulitis.International orthopaedics · 2025Article
- A team approach to adhesive capsulitis with ultrasound guided hydrodilatation: a retrospective study.Pain management · 2024Article
- Comparison between Intra-Articular Steroid Injection and Supra-Scapular Nerve Block in the Management of Frozen Shoulder.Pakistan journal of medical sciences · 2024Article
- Ultrasound-guided hydrodilatation for adhesive capsulitis: capsule-preserving versus capsule-rupturing technique.Skeletal radiology · 2024Article
- Recurrence of the frozen shoulder after hydrodilatation, what is the true incidence?Shoulder & elbow · 2023Article
- Long-Term Outcomes of Ultrasound-Guided Hydrodistension for Adhesive Capsulitis: A Prospective Observational Study.Tomography (Ann Arbor, Mich.) · 2023Observational
- Ultrasound-Guided Infiltrative Treatment Associated with Early Rehabilitation in Adhesive Capsulitis Developed in Post-COVID-19 Syndrome.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Article
- Intra-articular Steroid alone vs Hydrodilatation with intra-articular Steroid in Frozen Shoulder - A Randomised Control Trial.Malaysian orthopaedic journal · 2023Article
- Frozen shoulder.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2022Review
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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
The objective was to explore the effectiveness of glenohumeral joint distension for the treatment of frozen shoulder. We searched electronic data sources including PubMed, Scopus, and Embase from the earliest records available to February 2017. Eleven randomized controlled trials including at least one pair of comparisons between capsular distension and a reference treatment were included, comprising 747 participants. Patients' characteristics, details of reference treatments, aspects of capsular distension therapy, and outcome measurement were evaluated at three points in time: baseline, early following intervention, and at the trial's end. The primary and secondary outcomes were the between-group standardized mean differences of changes in shoulder function and range of motion, respectively. Regarding the long-term primary outcome, the superiority of capsular distension to reference treatments was not identified. One secondary outcome (external rotation limitation) showed a probable early positive response to capsular distension when compared to intra-articular corticosteroid injection. Aspects of approaches, imaging guiding techniques and doses of distension were not found to modify treatment effectiveness. In conclusion, distension of the glenohumeral joint provides a similar long-term efficacy to all reference treatments. A single dose of a corticosteroid-contained regimen introduced through the ultrasound-guided posterior approach is a preferable practice of capsular distension for the management of frozen shoulder.
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