NCT03251703

Ultrasound-Guided Suprascapular Pulsed Radiofrequency

Effects of Ultrasound-Guided Suprascapular Pulsed Radiofrequency Therapy on Chronic Shoulder Pain

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 74 (actual)
• Sponsor: Sakarya University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: —

Summary

Shoulder pain is the second most common musculoskeletal disease in adults, and it often becomes chronic due to treatment difficulties. Pulsed radiofrequency (PRF) therapy has become increasingly popular in the treatment of chronic shoulder pain due to its long duration of action and non-destructive method.

Detailed description

These patients lacked pain control despite systemic analgesics and conservative therapy and applied to our pain polyclinics for shoulder pain lasting at least 3 months. The ultrasound-guided SSPRF was performed in those patients with a reduction of 50% or more VAS score and those that reported healing in the AROM in the diagnostic SNB. The resting, motion and sleeping shoulder pain assessments of the patients were done using a visual analog scale (VAS). The shoulder joint function was assessed using the Shoulder Pain and Disability Index (SPADI) questionnaire and the active range of motion (AROM) of the joint was measured using a goniometer In this study, investigators aimed to reveal the effects of ultrasound-guided suprascapular PRF (SSPRF) therapy applied to patients with chronic shoulder pain on both shoulder pain and function.

Conditions

• PAIN, INTRACTABLE, Shoulder

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Ultrasound-Guided Suprascapular Pulsed Radiofrequency .	The ultrasound-Guided Suprascapular Pulsed Radiofrequency was administered under operating room conditions while the patient was monitored in a sitting position.An ultrasound-guided 22 G 5-mm active-tip 100-mm radiofrequency needle (SC-K; Top Neuropole, Tokyo, Japan) was pushed forward towards the suprascapular notch until it passed the transverse scapular ligament using an in-plane approach.

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-01-01
• Primary completion: 2016-01-01
• Completion: 2017-03-01
• First posted: 2017-08-16
• Last updated: 2017-08-16