Suprascapular Nerve Block in the Management of Patients Diagnosed With Adhesive Capsulitis

Exclusion Criteria

• •Age younger than 35 years or older than 75 years.
• •Known allergy to the agents used for injection.
• •History of trauma and/or surgery involving the same shoulder.
• •Presence of uncontrolled diabetes mellitus and/or hypertension.
• •Presence of severe chronic respiratory disease.
• •Presence of severe heart failure.
• •Administration of intra- or peri-articular steroid injection to the affected shoulder within the past 2 months.
• •Radiographic evidence of calcific tendinitis, glenohumeral osteoarthritis, acromioclavicular joint osteoarthritis, or bone fracture.
• •Full-thickness rotator cuff tear detected by shoulder ultrasonography.
• •History of surgical intervention or recent/past fracture in the ipsilateral upper extremity.
• •Presence of complex regional pain syndrome or vascular disease in the ipsilateral extremity.
• •Known coagulation disorders.
• •Cervical disc pathology causing radiculopathy.
• •Presence of inflammatory or malignant diseases.
• •History of cerebrovascular disease.
• •Presence of mental impairment or severe psychiatric disorders.
• •Pregnancy.