Diagnostic and therapeutic subacromial injections, usually combining a local anesthetic and cortisone, remain a popular form of treatment for shoulder pain in orthopedic surgery and sports medicine ...

A physician’s accuracy when injecting a local anesthetic to assess shoulder pain needs more definitive confirmation of accuracy than subjective judgment, according to researchers in the Netherlands.

March 9, 2012 (Vienna, Austria) — Ultrasound-guided injections of autologous blood are an effective minimally invasive treatment for interstitial delamination tears of the rotator cuff, according to a ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with symptomatic rotator cuff tears experienced better pain relief and functional results with ...

HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Results of a U.S. FDA-approved, randomized controlled feasibility study on treatment of symptomatic partial-thickness rotator cuff tears (sPTRCT) with fresh, uncultured, ...

A 65-year-old man attends complaining of a painful shoulder. The pain has been going on for about three months and wakes him when he lies on that side at night. There is no history of trauma.

Objective To compare the effectiveness of corticosteroid injections to local anaesthetic injections in the management of rotator cuff-related shoulder pain (RCRSP). Design Systematic review with best ...

For those over 40, it's a common injury with different treatment options to try. Shoulder symptoms led to an average of 9.6 million physician visits in 2015 and 2016 in the United States. The most ...