ArticleAdvanced biomedical research2021
Comparison of the Effectiveness of Ultrasound-Guided Prolotherapy in Supraspinatus Tendon with Ultrasound-Guided Corticosteroid Injection of Subacromial Subdeltoid Bursa in Rotator Cuff-Related Shoulder Pain: A Clinical Trial Study.
Article in Advanced biomedical research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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- Comparing Ultrasound-Guided Injection of Oxygen-Ozone vs. Corticosteroid vs. Prolotherapy in the Treatment of Shoulder Tendinopathy: A Prospective, Multicenter Randomized Clinical Trial.Pain research & management · 2026Trial
- The effect of dextrose prolotherapy on pain and functional outcomes in chronic shoulder pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Qatar medical journal · 2026Review
- Exploring dextrose prolotherapy in rotator cuff disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Indian journal of anaesthesia · 2025Article
- Rationale and methodology for injection therapy to treat rotator cuff disease: a scoping review.Clinics in shoulder and elbow · 2025Article
- Effects of intra-articular versus peri-articular dextrose prolotherapy in knee osteoarthritis: A clinical trial study.Turkish journal of physical medicine and rehabilitation · 2024Article
- Comparison of Clinical and Ultrasound Imaging Outcomes Between Corticosteroid and Hypertonic Dextrose Injections for Chronic Supraspinatus Tendinopathy.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2022Article
- The Role of Hyaluronic Acid in Sport-Related Tendinopathies: A Narrative Review.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2021Review
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Abstract
backgroundShoulder pain is the third most common type of musculoskeletal disorder and rotator cuff (RC) tendinopathy is the most frequent diagnosis. Ultrasound is the most preferable guidance tool for diagnostic and interventional purposes. The aim of this study is to compare the effectiveness of the prolotherapy injection with corticosteroid injection in patients with RC dysfunction. MATERIALS AND
methodsThirty to sixty-five-year-old patients with chronic RC disease were divided into two groups. Ultrasound-guided dextrose prolotherapy of supraspinatus tendon was done for one group and ultrasound-guided corticosteroid injection in the subacromial bursa was done for the other groups. Visual analog scale (VAS) and Shoulder Pain and Disability Index (SPADI) were evaluated for both groups at baseline, 3 and 12 weeks after injections.
resultsThirty-three patients were included in the result. Both the groups showed significant improvement in VAS and SPADI scores in 3 and 12 weeks after injections compared with preinjection times with no difference between two groups neither in 3 weeks nor in 12 weeks after injections.
conclusionBoth ultrasound-guided dextrose prolotherapy and CS injections are effective in the management of RC-related shoulder pain in both short-term and long-term with neither being superior to the other. Therefore, prolotherapy may be a safe alternative therapy instead of corticosteroid injection due to lack of its side effects.
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