Corticosteroid injection alone vs additional physiotherapy treatment in early stage frozen shoulders

Table 2 Shoulder Pain and Disability Index scores for pain, disability and total Shoulder Pain and Disability Index scores (medians with interquartile range)

	Non-PT	PT	P-value
SPADI pain
Baseline (wk)	82 (70-90)	86 (46-92)	0.68
6	71 (24-79)	18 (9-43)	0.09
12	48 (22-68)	20 (9-57)	0.17
26	14 (8-30)	13 (4-32)	0.94
SPADI limitations
Baseline (wk)	81 (58-88)	74 (28-84)	0.42
6	69 (47-76)	11 (4-36)	0.01
12	38 (25-72)	14 (5-58)	0.15
26	10 (9-50)	8 (1-25)	0.35
SPADI total
Baseline (wk)	80 (65-87)	82 (35-86)	0.54
6	63 (45-76)	14 (6-38)	0.01
12	42 (25-72)	16 (7-58)	0.17
26	14 (11-39)	10 (2-28)	0.44

SPADI: Shoulder Pain and Disability Index; PT: Physiotherapy treatment.