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assessing the post-intervention outcome of small needle knife therapy on frozen shoulder

Therapeutic Efficacy of Small Needle Knife Therapy in Treating Frozen Shoulder

Frozen shoulder is a disease characterized by pain and limitation of active and passive shoulder movement, which causes great inconvenience to the work and life of patients1. The global incidence of frozen shoulder is 2%-5%2,3 and higher in females than in males, showing a certain genetic tendency4. The majority of frozen shoulder patients are 40-60 years old5. Moreover, the frozen shoulder brings about a heavy social burden due to the longer recovery cycle and the absence of established treatment consensus in the clinic practice.
The main treatment methods for frozen shoulders include oral or external use of herbal medicine, acupuncture, massage, functional exercise, and so on6; however, the compliance of the patients is poor due to the multiple treatment frequency and longer time-consuming, and cannot meet the urgent necessities of patients to improve pain and functional limitations. Therefore, it is urgently needed to identify more effective therapeutics in the clinical management of frozen shoulder patients.
Small needle knife therapy is a special and effective external treatment of traditional Chinese medicine, which has arisen rapidly in the field of traditional Chinese medicine in recent decades7. It has the advantages of quick effect, definite curative effect, and high repeatability. Moreover, the operation instrument is cheap and easy to obtain, the operation process is simple, and the method is not limited by the environment and condition. The normal work and life of patients are not affected after the small needle knife therapy since the micro-incision will be recovered quickly without damage to the body, causing infection, or other side effects8,9,10,11. Systematic reviews showed that the efficacy of small needle knife on frozen shoulder was significantly superior to acupuncture, massage, and oral Chinese medicine12,13. Modern studies show that the mechanism of small needle knife treatment of frozen shoulder is to dredge the meridians and collaterals, promote the circulation of qi and blood, cut and strip the lesion tissue, remove adhesion, promote tissue repair, and restore the dynamic balance of the human body14,15.
The protocol presented here demonstrates the operation of small needle knife in treating frozen shoulders including patient management, material preparation, positioning, operation, and postoperative care. The purpose of this protocol is to relieve the pain and functional limitations and improve the living ability of patients with frozen shoulders.
With the development of small needle knife therapy, its application has been extended from the treatment of neck, shoulder, waist, leg pain, and other muscle and bone diseases to internal medicine, surgery, gynecology, pediatrics, and other diseases, playing an increasingly important role in the field of rehabilitation medicine16. In recent years, the small needle knife shows a more accurate, scientific, and safe therapeutic efficacy due to the application of ultrasound-guided small needle knife visualization therapy, whose development has entered a new stage17,18.

Author Spotlight: Treating Frozen Shoulder with Small Needle Knife Therapy 

Clinical Efficacy of Small Needle Knife Therapy on Stage I-II Frozen Shoulder

Our study investigated the therapeutic efficacy of small needle knife in patients with frozen shoulders, and evidence that the improvement of pain function and the life ability. Our protocol addresses the detailed operation process of small needle knife in frozen shoulder patients. Our protocol has the advantages of quicker and definite therapeutic effects, high repeatability, broader availability, also there are less physical injury in patients.

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Assessing the Post-Intervention Outcome of Small Needle Knife Therapy on Frozen Shoulder  

To begin assessing the range of motion of the shoulder of the patients who received the small needle therapy intervention, first, ask the patient to lift the shoulder to the maximum angle possible. Then press the On button to switch on the assessment instrument. Rotate the measuring ruler and obtain the measured value.Set the measuring instrument scale back to zero before repeating the measurement two times. Press and hold Off, to turn the power off. To measure the thickness of the coracohumeral ligament, first turn on the ultrasound machine by pressing the power button.Then open the ultrasound software. Press the patient button and enter the name of the subject. Ask the patient to fully expose the affected shoulder in a seated position.Move the patient's shoulder joint passively, to locate the coracohumeral ligament. After applying an appropriate amount of medical coupler to the probe, align the ultrasound probe with the coracohumeral ligament. Press the Freeze button to freeze the screen, and then press the Store button to save the ultrasound image.Continue to record two different images as demonstrated. After pressing the patient button, look for the recorded images in the study list. Press the Caliper button to enter the measurement mode and assess the coracohumeral ligament thickness.Finally, after recording the measurements, turn off the machine. After the treatment, the coracohumeral ligament thickness was significantly decreased in the treatment group, compared to the control group.

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