The effectiveness of hyaluronic acid infiltrations for chronic shoulder pain

[Subacromial sodium hyaluronate injection for the treatment of chronic shoulder pain: A prospective series of eighty patients].

Article specifications

This clinical case study was published in 2018 in Journal of Acta Ortop Mex. (IF) by Spanish specialists. The purpose was to assess the effectiveness of hyaluronic acid infiltrations for chronic shoulder pain as an alternative to the non-surgical and surgical treatments that are currently available. This is a prospective study of 80 consecutive patients suffering from chronic shoulder pain followed for twelve months. Five subacromial hyaluronic acid injections on five consecutive weeks were administrated to all patients.

 

Result

A significant improvement within the whole group after six months was observed. Subacromial hyaluronic acid injections are especially effective in patients with history of less than 24 months of pain, a decreased subacromial space or partial or total cuff tear but, in our experience, its result is not good in patients with acromioclavicular osteoarthritis.