Barbotage as a treatment of calcic tendinitis of the shoulder: a one- year quasi-experimental study
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The objective of this article is demonstrate the effectiveness of Barbotage with infiltration of the subacromial bursa for the treatment of Calcium tendinitis of the shoulder. This is a quasi-experimental study of twenty patients who attended the Rehabilitation service of the University Clinical Hospital of Valencia. -Results: The average VAS pain at the beginning of the study was 6.7/10, an average of 3/10 (p=0.000125) after two months of treatment and continued to decrease to an average of 1.47/10. Shoulder functionality measured with the Constant Murley test was 60.2 % at the beginning of the study, increased to 84.7 % after one month (p=0.0003) and continued to rise to a value of 90.1 % at 6 months. Regarding the disappearance of calcification, we obtained disappearance (decrease of more than 75 %) in 90 % of the sample (n=18), clinical decrease or improvement (reduction between 25 % and 75 %) in 10 % of the sample (n=2) and one of no decrease or failure (less than 25 % reduction) of 0 % (n=0). Barbotage plus infiltration of the subacromial bursa is a safe, simple and economical technique, able to reduce pain, improve functional limitation, and reduce the calcification, this study provides a recommended grade of scientific evidence (2B).
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