Joint stiffness induced by painful stiff shoulder.
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Injections and physiotherapy for the painful stiff shoulder.
Cost effective treatment is needed for common self limiting rheumatological conditions. Periarthritis of the shoulder is an example. There is no consensus for one type of treatment, though local steroids or physiotherapy are conventionally used. Their cost and efficacy were compared in a prospective randomised observer-blind trial--in essence a medical audit of the treatment of a common rheumat...
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عنوان ژورنال: Orthopedics & Traumatology
سال: 1983
ISSN: 1349-4333,0037-1033
DOI: 10.5035/nishiseisai.31.796