NCT06610032

The Effect of Mesotherapy and Intra-articular Steroid Injection in Shoulder Pain

The Comparison o the Efficacy of Mesotherapy and Intra-articular Steroid Injection in Patients With Chronic Shoulder Pain

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 84 (actual)
• Sponsor: Haydarpasa Numune Training and Research Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Patients with chronic shoulder pain will be divided randomly into mesotherapy and intra-articular steroid injection groups. Pain severity, range of motion and functional impairment will evaluated before treatment, 30 minutes and 4 weeks after the injections.

Detailed description

The study will include 84 patients aged 18-75 who applied to physical medicine and rehabilitation out-patient clinic with chronic shoulder pain between May and July 2024. Patients will be randomly divided into two groups: a mesotherapy group and steroid injection group, using the closed-envelope method. In the first group, a total of 3 sessions of mesotherapy are applied to the shoulder areas of the patients, 7 days apart. A single-session intra-articular 20 mg triamcinolone hexacetonide injection will be administered for patients in group 2. Pain severity, range of motion and functional impairment will evaluated before treatment, 30 minutes and 4 weeks after the injections.

Conditions

• Chronic Shoulder Pain

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Mesotherapy	A total of 3 sessions of mesotherapy will be applied to the shoulder area of the patients, 7 days apart in group 1.
PROCEDURE	Intra-articular steroid injection	Single session intra-articular 20 mg triamcinolone hexacetonide injection will be applied for patients in group 2.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-07-01
• Primary completion: 2024-09-01
• Completion: 2024-09-10
• First posted: 2024-09-24
• Last updated: 2024-12-18

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)