Adhesive Capsulitis

Among patients with type 2 diabetes, use of GLP-1 agonists may increase the risks for adhesive capsulitis and required surgical intervention, such as manipulation under anesthesia, according to published results.

According to published results, younger patients with high BMI, diabetes or hyperlipidemia may be at increased risk for shoulder adhesive capsulitis, also known as frozen shoulder.

Results of a genome-wide association study identified a significant total genetic risk associated with adhesive capsulitis that was similar to the risks associated with hypothyroidism and diabetes.

Women who did not receive menopausal hormone therapy had greater odds of developing adhesive capsulitis compared with those on HT, according to preliminary study results presented at the North American Menopause Society annual meeting.

PHOENIX — A speaker at the Orthopaedic Research Society Annual Meeting said he and his colleagues recommend that only after trying all other conservative approaches to treat adhesive capsulitis of the shoulder should manipulation under anesthesia be performed, due to the poor economic profile of the procedure.

PHOENIX — Watchful waiting was shown to have possible noninferiority to physical therapy as treatment for patients with adhesive capsulitis of the shoulder, based on results of a study presented at the Orthopaedic Research Society Annual Meeting, here.