Journal of shoulder and elbow surgery
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J Shoulder Elbow Surg · Aug 2013
Randomized Controlled TrialClinical effectiveness of bee venom acupuncture and physiotherapy in the treatment of adhesive capsulitis: a randomized controlled trial.
Bee venom acupuncture (BVA) has been used in the treatment of adhesive capsulitis (AC) in the clinical field. This study aimed to investigate whether the addition of BVA to physiotherapy (PT) would be more effective in the management of AC, and whether BVA would have a dose-dependent effect. ⋯ BVA in combination with PT can be more effective in improving pain and function than PT alone in AC. However, the effectiveness of BVA was not shown in a dose-dependent manner.