Why the study?
Does manipulation under anaesthesia improve pain and stiffness in patients with primary frozen shoulder?
Population
58 patients (66 shoulders) with primary frozen shoulder
Design
Case_series
Follow-up
two to five years
Authors
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May support long-term pain relief after frozen shoulder manipulation; leaves open objective benefits versus natural history in controlled trials.
Does manipulation under anaesthesia improve pain and stiffness in patients with primary frozen shoulder?
Manipulation under anaesthesia for frozen shoulder provides subjective pain relief in the majority of patients at 2-5 years, but objective residual stiffness often persists.
Smith et al. (2003) studied this question.
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