Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery
Volume 19, Issue 2 , Pages 172-179 , March 2010

Nonoperative management of adhesive capsulitis of the shoulder: Oral cortisone application versus intra-articular cortisone injections

  • Olaf Lorbach, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery, Klinikum Osnabrück, Handsurgery, Osnabrück, Germany
    • Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Olaf Lorbach MD, Klinikum Osnabrück, Department of Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery, Handsurgery, Am Finkenhügel 1-3, 49076 Osnabrück, Germany.
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  • Konstantinos Anagnostakos, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany
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  • Cornelia Scherf

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany
    • ,
  • Romain Seil, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery, Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, Luxembourg
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  • Dieter Kohn, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany
    • ,
  • Dietrich Pape, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopedic and Trauma Surgery, Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg, Luxembourg

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doi: 10.1016/j.jse.2009.06.013

Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery
Volume 19, Issue 2 , Pages 172-179 , March 2010

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