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Study aim
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Determination of response to treatment with calcitonin in patients with frozen shoulder
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Design
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This research has two groups of common treatment and combined treatment, which is based on the random selection of samples based on the inclusion criteria and is done by lottery. The sample size of the study is 64 people and the clinical trial phase.
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Settings and conduct
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The samples are divided into two separate groups, the common treatment group receives current common treatments, but the combined treatment group receives intranasal calcitonin spray of 200 units in addition to common treatments, the results are compared, the place of study Orthopedic clinic is a selected hospital of Tehran Islamic Azad University of Medical Sciences.
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Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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Inclusion criteria: Patients with a clinical diagnosis of frozen shoulder based on symptoms including limitation in all active and passive movements of the shoulder joint in all directions along with relatively severe pain, reduced range of motion of the shoulder and definitive confirmation of the diagnosis with the help of MRI of the shoulder joint
Conditions of non-entry: The patient's shoulder pain is accompanied by other causes other than the diagnosis of frozen shoulder, such as strain, dislocation, separation, tendonitis, bursitis, rotator cuff tendon rupture, fracture, etc.
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Intervention groups
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Common treatment group: Aspirin administration, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, intra-articular injection of steroid and physiotherapy.
Combined treatment group: 200 units intranasal calcitonin spray is prescribed along with the common treatment.
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Main outcome variables
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Improvement of pain and range of motion in patients with frozen shoulder after receiving intranasal calcitonin spray