The purpose of this study is to evaluate conservative pain relief measures for patients suffering from glenohumeral arthritis or rotator cuff arthropathy. Conservative management of osteoarthritis is often first line treatment, and while a corticosteroid injection is frequently used, suprascapular nerve blocks have not often been described as an analgesic option in this population.
Age range
18 Years – 99 Years
Sex
ALL
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change in visual analog scale (VAS) for pain
Timeframe: preintervention, 24 hours, 3 days, 1 month, and 3 months postintervention
single assessment numerical evaluation (SANE) of the shoulder
Timeframe: preintervention, 24 hours, 3 days, 1 month, and 3 months postintervention
Oxford shoulder score (OSS)
Timeframe: preintervention, 24 hours, 3 days, 1 month, and 3 months postintervention
American shoulder and elbow surgeons (ASES) score
Timeframe: preintervention, 24 hours, 3 days, 1 month, and 3 months postintervention