Transcutaneous Application of Pulsed Radiofrequency Treatment for Shoulder Pain

Autor: Murray G. Taverner, Terence E. Loughnan, Chien-Wuen I. Soon
Rok vydání: 2012
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Zdroj: Pain Practice. 13:310-315
ISSN: 1530-7085
Popis: UNLABELLED We report a retrospective audit of transcutaneous pulsed radiofrequency treatment therapy (TCPRFT) for shoulder pain over a 4-year period. METHODS Electronic and manual case review revealed that TCPRFT had been performed on 13 patients, with 15 painful shoulders, using a single treatment session between 2006 and 2010 in an outpatient setting. RESULTS Of the 15 shoulders treated, 10 (two-thirds) had pain relief for over 3 months with an average pain score reduction of 6.1 of 10 and an average duration of pain relief of 395 days. Two experienced pain relief of
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