ArticleClinics in shoulder and elbow2021
Effects of steroid injection during rehabilitation after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair.
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- Postoperative rehabilitation and pain control after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair in South Korea: A web-based survey.Asia-Pacific journal of sports medicine, arthroscopy, rehabilitation and technology · 2026Article
- Cytocompatibility of Compound Betamethasone and Lidocaine on Human Degenerative Rotator Cuff Tendon Cells.Orthopaedic journal of sports medicine · 2025Article
- Effect of magnetic microbeads on sustained and targeted delivery of transforming growth factor-beta-1 for rotator cuff healing in a rat rotator cuff repair model.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Effects of glenohumeral corticosteroid injection on stiffness following arthroscopic rotator cuff repair: a prospective, multicentric, case-control study with 18-month follow-up.Clinics in shoulder and elbow · 2023Article
- The Efficacy of Pain Neuroscience Education on Active Rehabilitation Following Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair: A CONSORT-Compliant Prospective Randomized Single-Blind Controlled Trial.Brain sciences · 2022Article
- Postoperative Rehabilitation Protocol Following Arthroscopic Rotator Cuff Repair: A Prospective Single-Arm Pragmatic Interventional Study.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Article
- Clinical and structural outcome of intra-articular steroid injection for early stiffness after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair.International orthopaedics · 2022Article
- Does steroid injection help patient rehabilitation after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair?Clinics in shoulder and elbow · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundThis study aims to compare the clinical outcomes of steroid injections during the rehabilitation period after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair (ACRC).
methodsAmong patients who underwent ARCR, 117 patients who met the inclusion and exclusion criteria were enrolled. Pain and range of motion (ROM) recovery at the 3-, 6-, and 24-month follow-up visits and functional outcome at the 24-month follow-up were compared between 45 patients who received ultrasound-guided subacromial steroid injection at postoperative week 4 or 6 and 72 patients who did not. Functional outcome was assessed using the American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons (ASES) score and Constant score. Healing of the repaired tendon and retear were observed at the 6-month follow-up via magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or computed tomography (CT) arthrography.
resultsAt the 3-month follow-up, the steroid injection group showed lower visual analog scale scores than the control group (p<0.05) and showed faster recovery of forward flexion and internal rotation (p<0.05). From the 6-month follow-up, the two groups did not show differences in pain and ROM, and the ASES score and Constant score also did not significantly differ at the 24-month follow-up. The two groups did not differ in retear rate as determined by MRI or CT arthrography at the 6-month follow-up.
conclusionsThis study demonstrated that ultrasound-guided subacromial steroid injection at 4 or 6 weeks after ARCR leads to quick pain reduction and ROM recovery until 3 months after surgery. Therefore, subacromial steroid injection is speculated to be an effective and relatively safe method to assist rehabilitation.
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