Healio

Subacromial injections misplaced about one-third of the time

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.
Healio

Subacromial injections with vs without ultrasound guidance had similar clinical outcomes

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A comparison of subacromial injections performed with vs. without ultrasound guidance showed no significant ...
Medscape

Subacromial Bursa Injections in Patients With Rotator Cuff Syndrome

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 ...
BMJ

Optimising outcomes of exercise and corticosteroid injection in patients with subacromial pain (impingement) syndrome: a factorial randomised trial

Objectives To compare the clinical effectiveness of (1) physiotherapist-led exercise versus an exercise leaflet, and (2) ultrasound-guided subacromial corticosteroid injection versus unguided ...
BMJ

Ultrasound-guided shoulder girdle injections are more accurate and more effective than landmark-guided injections: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Correspondence to Dr Abdel-Rahman Aly, Health Pointe—Pain, Spine and Sports Medicine, Division Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Alberta, Suite # 710-11010 101 St NW, Edmonton, ...