A study of association of factors causing adhesive capsulitis- an interventional study.

Abstract

One of the commonest condition in middle aged group is Adhesive Capsulitis which is also known as frozen shoulder. The study was undertaken with an aim to describe the association of various causative factors for adhesive capsulitis. 

Materials and Method: This prospective interventional study was done from June 2019 to June 2021 for a period of 2 year, at Datta Meghe medical college in association with Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College. The study included a sample size of 40 patient diagnosed as adhesive capsulitis and study population was divided into 2 groups randomly. Socio-demographic data were collected and analyzedwith help of Microsoft excel and SPSS software.

Results: Patients treated with steroid group and saline group had a mean age of 54.90 and 54.60 respectively. The gender distribution in the present study had a distribution of 9 males and 11 females in steroid group while in saline group there were 13 males and 7 females respectively. The presence of DM was observed in total of 19 out of 40 patients. According to group distribution steroid group had 6 patients while saline group had 13 patients. On comparison of steroid and saline groups a significant p value of 0.02 was obtained.

Conclusion: Incidence of Adhesive Capsulitis of shoulder is between 40 to 60 years of age and is rarely seen in patients above 70 years. Diabetes mellitus was a significant associated co-morbidity.