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Rotator Muscles and Subscapular Nerve Injection

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A frozen shoulder may be a common stage of many disorders affecting the shoulder or an independent, idiopathic condition. The etiology of a frozen shoulder is complex. It appears that many tissues, mainly synovial, are involved in the ultimate frozen shoulder. Synonyms used in literature include idiopathic frozen shoulder, adhesive capsulitis, subacromial fibrosis, acromioclavicular joint irritation, entrapment of the suprascapular nerve, bicipital tendonitis, muscle spasm periarthritis or periarticular arthritis, pericapsulitis, scapulocostal syndrome, calcified tendinitis of the rotator cuff, degenerative tendinitis of the rotator cuff, or acromioclavicular arthritis. There are several references in the literature that assume frozen shoulder to be an algoneurodystrophic process. Recent publications have pointed out similarities with Dupuytren’s contracture. Mc Laughlin stressed the importance of the subscapularis muscle in the etiology of the frozen shoulder.

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Jankovic, D. (2022). Rotator Muscles and Subscapular Nerve Injection. In: Jankovic, D., Peng, P. (eds) Regional Nerve Blocks in Anesthesia and Pain Therapy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-88727-8_20

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