Heidi Vastamäki, Martti Vastamäki
BACKGROUND: Manipulation under anesthesia (MUA) as treatment for idiopathic frozen shoulder increases motion, provides pain relief, and restores function, but it is unclear whether the improvements persist long term. QUESTIONS/PURPOSES: We therefore investigated whether (1) ROM was restored, (2) pain was relieved, and (3) function was restored and maintained after several decades in patients with idiopathic frozen shoulder treated by MUA. METHODS: We followed 15 patients (16 shoulders; 12 in women) at 3 months, 7 years, and 19 to 30 years after MUA for frozen shoulder...
April 2013: Clinical Orthopaedics and related Research