| Exclusion criteria included suspicion of adhesive capsulitis, recent fracture of the shoulder, recent shoulder surgery and osteoarthritis of the glenohumeral joint. |
| Adhesive capsulitis, or frozen shoulder, results from thickening and contraction of the capsule around the glenohumeral joint and causes loss of motion and pain. |
| For adhesive capsulitis, the use of a subacromial corticosteroid injection should be combined with other treatment modalities, including physical therapy. |
| Other possible diagnoses include metatarsalgia, bursitis, capsulitis, ganglion cyst, or even a stress fracture. |
| The medical term for a frozen shoulder is adhesive capsulitis. |
| Stiffness or loss of motion may be the major symptom in patients with adhesive capsulitis, dislocation or glenohumeral joint arthritis. |
