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Three Part Question

In [patients with adhesive capsulitis of the shoulder] are [steroid injections effective] at [shortening time to recovery]?

Clinical Scenario

A sixty-year old man attends the Emergency department complaining of a stiff shoulder. He broke his wrist some two months before and wore a broad arm sling for three weeks, but did not exercise his shoulder in that period. He has limited movements, and you suspect a "frozen shoulder". You wonder whether injection of steroids into the shoulder will be helpful in promoting recovery.