Trial reportMedicine2019
A randomized controlled trial of ultrasound-guided pulsed radiofrequency for patients with frozen shoulder.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effectiveness of high-voltage radiofrequency on suprascapular nerve for the treatment of chronic shoulder pain.Interventional pain medicine · 2026Article
- Elucidation of the treatment mechanism of pulsed radiofrequency based on its antiinflammatory effects.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- High-voltage pulsed radiofrequency of the suprascapular nerve for the treatment of chronic shoulder pain.PM & R : the journal of injury, function, and rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Suprascapular Nerve Pulsed Radiofrequency as an Effective Pain Relief Strategy in Supraspinatus Muscle Tendon Tears.Cureus · 2023Article
- Efficacy of Radiofrequency as Therapy and Diagnostic Support in the Management of Musculoskeletal Pain: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Comparison of bedside ultrasonography and bedside chest radiography in neonatal peripherally inserted central catheters: A before and after self-control study.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Article
- Current updates in image-guided musculoskeletal interventions.Journal of clinical orthopaedics and trauma · 2021Article
- Current concepts of natural course and in management of frozen shoulder: A clinical overview.Orthopedic reviews · 2020Article
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- Clinical indications for image guided interventional procedures in the musculoskeletal system: a Delphi-based consensus paper from the European Society of Musculoskeletal Radiology (ESSR)-part III, nerves of the upper limb.European radiology · 2020Article
- Suprascapular Nerve Pulsed Radiofrequency for Chronic Shoulder Pain in a Pediatric Patient.Case reports in anesthesiology · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundThis study assessed the effectiveness and safety of ultrasound-guided pulsed radiofrequency (UGPRF) for patients with frozen shoulder (FS).
methodsThis 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.
resultsAt 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.
conclusionThe findings of this study showed that UGPRF may benefit for patients with FS after 12 weeks treatment.
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