Table 2.
Number (percentage) of patients with painful stiff shoulder needing treatment for residual pain or disability at seven week follow up (treatment no longer restricted to interventions as described by protocol)
| Additional treatment | Patients
|
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|---|---|---|---|
| All (n=108)* | Treated with corticosteroid injection (n=52)* | Treated with physiotherapy (n=56) | |
| None | 44 (41) | 30 (58) | 14 (25) |
| Paracetamol or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs | 6 (5) | 2 (4) | 4 (7) |
| Corticosteroid injection | 16 (15) | 6 (11) | 10 (18) |
| Physiotherapy | 27 (25) | 8 (15) | 19 (34) |
| Corticosteroid injections and physiotherapy | 13 (12) | 5 (10) | 8 (14) |
| Arthroscopic surgery | 2 (2) | 1 (2) | 1 (2) |
*
One patient withdrew from the study after three weeks so no information on additional treatment was available.