Journal article

Publication year: 1995

Pages: 87-91

Journal: Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery

Volume number: 114

Issue number: 2

ISSN: 0936-8051

eISSN: 1434-3916

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00422832

Publisher: Springer

Abstract: 
Even today the aetiology of the frozen shoulder is still under discussion. At the Orthopaedic Department of the Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, 118 persons with a frozen shoulder were treated as in- or outpatients between 1980 and 1988. We investigated the results of two different specific therapy concepts. Most of the patients received a mixture of drug therapy and physical rehabilitation under the guidance of a physiotherapist. In a smaller group of patients, the frozen shoulder was mobilized under anaesthesia (mobilisation force). After an average follow-up time of 3.8 years from the start of treatment, 93% of the patients was examined by means of an individual subjective rating (score). In addition, a clinical examination was performed in 69% of the cases. According to the subjective personal rating (score) as well as the improvement in range of motion, moderate mobilisation led to better results than the mobilisation under anaesthesia.

Harvard Citation style: MELZER, C., WALLNY, T., WIRTH, C. and HOFFMANN, S. (1995) FROZEN SHOULDER - TREATMENT AND RESULTS, Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, 114(2), pp. 87-91. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00422832

APA Citation style: MELZER, C., WALLNY, T., WIRTH, C., & HOFFMANN, S. (1995). FROZEN SHOULDER - TREATMENT AND RESULTS. Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery. 114(2), 87-91. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00422832