ReviewJournal of pain research2022
Non-Surgical and Rehabilitative Interventions in Patients with Frozen Shoulder: Umbrella Review of Systematic Reviews.
Review in Journal of pain research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06939530 (Comparision of Hydrodilatation Results at Different Volumes in Adhesive Capsulitis by Phases.), which is not on this map. Cited by 12 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Comparision of Hydrodilatation Results at Different Volumes in Adhesive Capsulitis by Phases.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.
- Efficacy of Conservative Approaches on Pain Relief and Function in Patients With Rotator Cuff Calcific Tendinopathy: Which Is the Best Option? A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis.Orthopaedic surgery · 2025Pooled it
- Comparative effectiveness of acupuncture-related therapies for frozen shoulder: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Pooled it
- Clinical outcomes of intra-articular corticosteroid injection vs. multimodal physiotherapy in patients with frozen shoulder in short term: a randomized clinical trial.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- Efficacy of Oxygen-Ozone Therapy for Shoulder Disorders: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Manual therapy considerations for adhesive capsulitis in the breast cancer population: a clinical perspective.The Journal of manual & manipulative therapy · 2025Article
- Evaluation of glenohumeral adduction restriction in frozen shoulder as a predictor of intra-articular lesion severity: a comparison study of the freezing and frozen phases.JSES international · 2025Article
- Effects of Hydrodilatation at Different Volumes on Adhesive Capsulitis in Phases 1 and 2: Clinical Trial Protocol HYCAFVOL.Clinics and practice · 2025Article
- A Focus on Personalized Care in Light of New Diagnostic and Therapeutic Pathways of Shoulder and Elbow Disease.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Short-term clinical efficacy of five-step manipulation under anaesthesia combined with arthroscopic shoulder surgery for adhesive capsulitis.Frontiers in surgery · 2025Article
- Anxiety, Depression, and Quality of Sleep Vary in Their Correlation to Postoperative Outcomes of Rotator Cuff Repair: A Prospective Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Imaging of glenohumeral osteoarthritis: Reliability and reproducibility of radiological classifications.Journal of back and musculoskeletal rehabilitation · 2024Article
- Causal relationships between systemic inflammatory cytokines and adhesive capsulitis: a bidirectional Mendelian randomization study.Frontiers in immunology · 2024Article
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10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Background: Frozen shoulder (FS) is a painful condition characterized by progressive loss of shoulder function with passive and active range of motion reduction. To date, there is still no consensus regarding its rehabilitative treatment for pain management. Purpose: The aim of this umbrella review of systematic reviews was to analyze the literature, investigating the effects of non-surgical and rehabilitative interventions in patients suffering from FS. Patients and Methods: A review of the scientific literature was carried out from 2010 until April 2020 using the following search databases: PubMed, Medline, PEDro, Scopus and Cochrane Library of Systematic Reviews. A combination of terms was used for the search: frozen shoulder OR adhesive capsulitis AND systematic review OR meta-analysis AND rehabilitation NOT surgery NOT surgical intervention. We included systematic reviews that specifically dealt with adults with FS, treated with non-surgical approaches. All the systematic reviews and meta-analyses included in the study that met the inclusion criteria were assessed using the Assessment of Multiple Systematic Reviews as a quality assessment tool. Results: Out of 49 studies, only 14 systematic reviews respected the eligibility criteria and were included in this study. Their results showed an important heterogeneity of the studies and all of them agree on the lack of high-quality scientific work to prove unequivocally which rehabilitative treatment is better than the other. Due to this lack of gold standard criteria, there may be also a heterogeneity in the diagnosis of the reviews analyzed. Conclusion: Non-surgical and rehabilitative interventions are undoubtedly effective in treating FS, but there is no evidence that one approach is more effective than the other regarding the methods reported. Future high-quality RCTs are needed to standardize the treatment modalities of each physiotherapy intervention to provide strong recommendations in favor.
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