Ann Intern Med. 2014 Aug 5;161(3):161-9. doi: 10.7326/M13-2199.
Corticosteroid injections (CSIs) and physical therapy are used to treat patients with the shoulder impingement syndrome (SIS) but have never been directly compared.
To compare the effectiveness of 2 common nonsurgical treatments for SIS.
Randomized, single-blind, comparative-effectiveness, parallel-group trial. (ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT01190891).
Military hospital-based outpatient clinic in the United States.
104 patients aged 18 to 65 years with unilateral SIS between June 2010 and March 2012.
Random assignment into 2 groups: 40-mg triamcinolone acetonide subacromial CSI versus 6 sessions of manual physical therapy.
The primary outcome was change in Shoulder Pain and Disability Index scores at 1 year. Secondary outcomes included the Global Rating of Change scores, the Numeric Pain Rating Scale scores, and 1-year health care use.
Both groups demonstrated approximately 50% improvement in Shoulder Pain and Disability Index scores maintained through 1 year; however, the mean difference between groups was not significant (1.5% [95% CI, -6.3% to 9.4%]). Both groups showed improvements in Global Rating of Change scale and pain rating scores, but between-group differences in scores for the Global Rating of Change scale (0 [CI, -2 to 1]) and pain rating (0.4 [CI, -0.5 to 1.2]) were not significant. During the 1-year follow-up, patients receiving CSI had more SIS-related visits to their primary care provider (60% vs. 37%) and required additional steroid injections (38% vs. 20%), and 19% needed physical therapy. Transient pain from the CSI was the only adverse event reported.
The study occurred at 1 center with patients referred to physical therapy.
Both groups experienced significant improvement. The manual physical therapy group used less 1-year SIS-related health care resources than the CSI group.
Cardon Rehabilitation Products through the American Academy of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists.
皮质类固醇注射(CSIs)和物理治疗被用于治疗肩峰下撞击综合征(SIS)患者,但从未直接进行过比较。
比较两种常见的非手术治疗 SIS 的效果。
随机、单盲、比较有效性、平行组试验。(ClinicalTrials.gov:NCT01190891)。
美国军事医院门诊。
2010 年 6 月至 2012 年 3 月期间,104 例年龄在 18 至 65 岁之间的单侧 SIS 患者。
随机分为两组:40mg 曲安奈德肩峰下 CSI 与 6 次手动物理治疗。
主要结局为 1 年时的肩痛和残疾指数评分变化。次要结局包括总体变化评分、数字疼痛评分量表评分以及 1 年的医疗保健使用情况。
两组患者的肩痛和残疾指数评分均改善约 50%,并持续至 1 年;然而,组间平均差异无统计学意义(1.5% [95%CI,-6.3%至 9.4%])。两组患者的总体变化评分和疼痛评分均有所改善,但组间总体变化评分(0 [CI,-2 至 1])和疼痛评分(0.4 [CI,-0.5 至 1.2])的差异无统计学意义。在 1 年的随访期间,接受 CSI 的患者到初级保健提供者处进行 SIS 相关就诊的次数更多(60% vs. 37%),需要额外的类固醇注射(38% vs. 20%),19%需要物理治疗。CSI 引起的短暂疼痛是唯一报告的不良事件。
该研究在 1 个中心进行,患者被转诊至物理治疗。
两组患者均有明显改善。与 CSI 组相比,手动物理治疗组在 1 年内与 SIS 相关的医疗资源使用较少。
Cardon Rehabilitation Products 通过美国矫形按摩物理治疗师学院。