Effects of Ultrasound-Guided Peritendinous and Intrabursal Corticosteroid Injections on Shoulder Tendon Elasticity: A Post Hoc Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial

• Published in: Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation Vol. 102; no. 5; pp. 905 - 913
• Main Authors: Hsu, Po-Cheng, Chang, Ke-Vin, Wu, Wei-Ting, Wang, Jia-Chi, Özçakar, Levent
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.05.2021
• Subjects: Corticosteroid; Rehabilitation; Rotator cuff; Shoulder; Sonoelastography; Corticosteroid; ANOVA; Shoulder; Rehabilitation; Sonoelastography; LHBT; ROI; Rotator cuff; US

The study aimed to investigate whether the shoulder tendons changed their elasticity after ultrasound-guided peritendinous or intrabursal corticosteroid injections. Post hoc secondary analysis of a double-blinded, randomized controlled study with 3 months of follow-up. Outpatient rehabilitation clin...