Chronic Pain Management Clinical Trial
Official title:
Addition of Pulsed Radiofrequency to Suprascapular Nerve Block With Glenohumeral Steroid Injection in Patients With Chronic Shoulder Pain
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of adding pulsed radiofrequency (PRF) modality to suprascapular nerve injection with ultrasound glenohumeral steroid in chronic shoulder pain patients focusing on both changes in pain and function scores
Shoulder pain is the second most prevalent musculoskeletal condition in adults which is frequently treated poorly and results in chronic pain . The use of steroid injection has been demonstrated to be superior to conventional therapies, particularly non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Its impact is transient (4-6 weeks) and occasionally may not be clinically sufficient . An alternate analgesic injection for the pain management of numerous shoulder diseases is the suprascapular nerve block (SSN) . Although pulse radiofrequency analgesia typically lasts for a much longer period than nerve blocking, it has become increasingly popular to apply pulse radiofrequency to peripheral nerves. ;