Cortisone injection for shoulder pain - comparing using ultrasound for the injection to injecting without using ultrasound.

Ultrasound-Guided versus Blind Subacromial Corticosteroid Injection for Subacromial Impingement Syndrome in adults over 18 years old, looking at reduction in pain and increase in function 6 weeks post injection.

Status

Completed

Phases

Phase 4

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12615000562572

Enrollment

Registered

2015-06-01

Start date

2013-05-01

Completion date

2014-04-28

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

To compare ultrasound guidance for subacromial cortisone injection to blind injection of cortisone for the treatment of subacromial impingement syndrome, to see if there's any additional benefit in terms of reduction in pain and increase in shoulder function by using ultrasound to guide the injection.

Interventions

Patients will receive either an ultrasound guided subacromial injection or an unguided subacromial injection of 1ml of 40mg/ml methylprednisolone acetate and 5ml of 1% lignocaine hydrochloride. This will be a single injection at initial visit only.

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Intervention model

Parallel

Primary purpose

Treatment

Masking

Blinded (masking used) (Subject, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

subacromial impingement syndrome on the basis of a history of shoulder pain with overhead activities and clinical signs of impingement (either in internal rotation or external rotation)

Exclusion criteria

previous surgery of the affected shoulder, rotator cuff tears, calcific tendinitis, adhesive capsulitis, inflammatory arthritis, acromioclavicular joint pain, os acromiale, osteoarthritis, fracture, bone tumours, osteonecrosis or other bone conditions seen on X-ray.

Outcome results