Ultrasound-guided nerve block for long-term shoulder pain
Part of Bones, joints & muscles, Pain clinical trials.
This study tests a procedure that uses ultrasound to guide a numbing medicine and steroid into a nerve near the shoulder, which may help reduce chronic pain that hasn't improved with other treatments.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You are 18 years old or older.
- You have had shoulder pain for more than 3 months.
- Your pain is rated higher than 4 on a 0-10 scale.
- Previous treatments (like physical therapy or pain pills) have not helped enough.
- You are not taking blood thinners or have a bleeding disorder.
- You are not pregnant or breastfeeding, and you have no allergy to numbing medicines or steroids.
- You have not had shoulder surgery in the last 6 months, and you have no infection or open wound at the injection site.
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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