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. 2016 May 26;17:232. doi: 10.1186/s12891-016-1081-0

Table 3.

Effect size (ES) for SPADI from baseline to 8 weeks and 12 months follow-up for the three groups

SPADI IS ISD TAU IS & ISD IS & TAU ISD & TAU
8 weeks
 Mean change −40.3 −40.4 −17.4 0.2 22.8 23.0
 SD 19.0 19.1 19.8 19.1 19.4 19.4
 ES 0.0 1.2 1.2
12 months
 Mean change −43.0 −39.8 −48.1 3.1 5.1 8.2
 SD 19.6 24.7 20.4 22.3 20.0 21.4
 ES 0.1 0.3 0.4

SPADI shoulder pain and disability index

IS injection steroid alone, ISD injection steroid plus saline, TAU treatment-as-usual