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, ...

Joint injections can be used as a diagnostic tool When there is an overlap of conditions that could potentially cause pain in an anatomical area, a diagnostic injection can exclude one or the other ...

Although the joint space is sometimes difficult to enter because ... Rotator cuff tendinitis and frozen shoulder Subacromial steroid injections are more effective in terms of symptom improvement ...

Recently published results showed better accuracy when the midlateral route was used for subacromial injection compared with the posterior route. Phob Ganokroj, MD, and colleagues randomly ...

Repeated cortisone injections should be considered with care. In traumatic bursitis, a large amount of fluid may accumulate around the joint after the accident or injury. Joint aspiration is a ...

There was no alternative cause for her acute pain; the imagining showed acromioclavicular joint ... injections to the upper arm should generally avoid overpenetration in the superior one-third of the ...

An experienced radiologist and a shoulder surgeon independently assessed the radiographs, examining for osteoarthritis in any joint, proximal humeral ... had received one or several subacromial ...

diagnosed by physical examination and a subacromial lidocaine injection test, with a standardized conservative protocol. We followed the patients for a period of 12 months. Outcome was evaluated ...

The rotator cuff is a collection of four muscles that help stabilize and move the shoulder joint. Minor tears could potentially ... When performing a subacromial balloon spacer technique, the surgeon ...