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01-11-2016 | Editor's Spotlight/Take 5
Editor’s Spotlight/Take 5: CORR® ORS Richard A. Brand Award: Clinical Trials of a New Treatment Method for Adhesive Capsulitis
Author:
Seth S. Leopold, MD
Published in:
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research®
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Issue 11/2016
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Excerpt
Among the nonlethal orthopaedic diagnoses, adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder) must be among the most frustrating. The natural history of this condition runs a painful, functionally limiting, and long course [
10]. The therapy for it can be just as painful and certainly is time-consuming [
1]. Manipulation under anesthesia and arthroscopic surgery are last resorts because the condition often resolves on its own [
6], there is little comparative evidence of the efficacy of those interventions [
9], and they can be associated with serious complications [
7]. Many patients endure the pain and stiffness associated with this condition for more than 1 year; 2 years is not at all uncommon [
10]. …