Comparison of Spinoglenoid and Suprascapular Notch Approaches and Neuromodulation of the Suprascapular Nerve Under Ultrasonography Guided in Shoulder Pain (pain)

September 17, 2025 updated by: Halil Ibrahim Altun, Kanuni Sultan Suleyman Training and Research Hospital

Shoulder pain is a musculoskeletal system (MSS) disease that is frequently seen in adults and tends to become chronic. It ranks 3rd among MSS diseases after low back and knee pain. The main causes of shoulder pain are compression syndromes, acromioclavicular (AC) and glenohumeral joint degeneration, adhesive capsulitis, and biceps tendinopathy. Pathology may be in the joint, bone, muscle, tendon ligament, or bursa. Pain restricts the passive and active range of motion of the shoulder joint, impairing the quality of daily life and activity. It is thought to be between 20% and 50% in the adult population in a 1-year period, and its lifetime prevalence is approximately 10%. Central sensitization develops in cases where the pain is progressive and becomes chronic over time. It has been observed that it becomes chronic in more than 40% of patients in a 1-year period. Thus, shoulder pain becomes a biopsychosocial disease over time.

Physical therapy, medical, interventional methods, and surgery are applied in the treatment of shoulder pain. In physical therapy, exercises and some physical medicine modalities are applied to increase joint range of motion and reduce pain, while in medical treatment, oral analgesics, myorelaxants, and topical analgesics are used. Interventional intra-articular steroid injections and distal suprascapular nerve (SS) blockade radiofrequency applications are among the effective treatment options.

Study Overview

Detailed Description

Patients over the age of 18 who have had chronic shoulder pain for more than 3 months, who could not achieve adequate pain palliation despite appropriate medical and physical therapy modalities, and who were treated with SS-PRF between June 2023 and June 2024 with clinical, radiological (MR) and physical examination will be retrospectively screened. The patients whose data can be accessed from the patient file will be recorded for age, gender, body mass index (BMI), duration of symptoms, painful side, pain etiology (subacromial bursitis, impingement syndrome, acromioclavicular degeneration, biceps tendonitis, labral pathologies, shoulder osteoarthritis, etc.), paracetamol dose, and procedure time. Procedure; The patient was taken to the procedure room, monitored [5-lead electrocardiogram (ECG), pulse oximetry, and noninvasive blood pressure], and a vascular access was established in the forearm. After obtaining appropriate sensory and motor responses with a 22 G 100 mm needle and nerve stimulator under ultrasonography guidance, a negative aspiration 5 ml 0.25% bupivacaine diagnostic block was performed with the patient in a semi-sitting position under sterile conditions. In patients who benefited 50% or more from the diagnostic block, a single session of 180 sec, 420 (2 Hz frequency, 45 V, 20 ms) SS-PRF was applied to patients who benefited 50% or more from the diagnostic block with a 100 mm long, 5 mm active tip radiofrequency needle under ultrasonography guidance in a semi-sitting position after obtaining appropriate responses from the suprascapular or spinoglenoid notch (shoulder external rotation and/or abduction).

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Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

100

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

    • Turkey
      • Istanbul, Turkey, Turkey (Türkiye), 34000
        • Kanuni Sultan Suleyman Training and Research Hospital

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sampling Method

Probability Sample

Study Population

- Patients over the age of 18 who have pain at or above visual analog scale (VAS) 4 despite pharmacological agents and physical therapy (passive range of motion, strengthening exercises) for more than 3 months and who meet the inclusion criteria will be included in the study.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patients over the age of 18 who have pain at or above visual analog scale (VAS) 4 despite pharmacological agents and physical therapy (passive range of motion, strengthening exercises) for more than 3 months and who meet the inclusion criteria will be included in the study.
  • Patients with complete data to be scanned in their files

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients with known malignancy,
  • patients who had shoulder injections within the last 3 months,
  • patients who changed their medical analgesic treatment or underwent surgery during follow-up,
  • patients with previous shoulder surgery or deformity,
  • patients with inflammatory arthritis and fibromyalgia,
  • patients with known cervical disc herniation,
  • patients with pacemakers, pregnant women,
  • patients with chronic decompensated disease,
  • hemiplegic patients,
  • patients with major psychopathology,
  • patients allergic to medications used during the procedure,
  • patients with infection in the procedure area,
  • patients with bleeding disorders, and patients who did not agree to participate in the study were excluded from the study.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Comparison of Spinoglenoid and Suprascapular Notch Approaches and Neuromodulation of the Suprascapul
Comparison of Spinoglenoid and Suprascapular Notch Approaches and Neuromodulation of the Suprascapular Nerve under Ultrasonography Guided in Shoulder Pain

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Activity visual analogue scale (VAS)
Time Frame: one year
one year

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Investigators

  • Study Director: altun, Kanuni Sultan Suleyman Training and Research Hospital

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

January 1, 2025

Primary Completion (Actual)

May 1, 2025

Study Completion (Actual)

June 1, 2025

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

February 22, 2025

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 27, 2025

First Posted (Actual)

February 28, 2025

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimated)

September 19, 2025

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 17, 2025

Last Verified

September 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • neuromodulation,shoulder pain

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

UNDECIDED

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.

No

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