Review Article

Effectiveness of Hyaluronic Acid Administration in Treating Adhesive Capsulitis of the Shoulder: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials

Table 3

Methodological quality assessment of the included trials.

AuthorYearAllocation generationAllocation concealmentDouble blindingDuration of follow-up*Loss to follow-up (%)Data analysisOther bias

Rovetta and Monteforte [21]1998UnclearUnclearUnclear6 months0ITT

Calis et al. [12]2006UnclearUnclearBlinded assessor3 months0ITT

Hsieh et al. [13]2012Computer-generated random numbersUnclearBlinded assessor3 months10PP

Park et al. [22]2013Computer-generated random numbersAdequateBlinded participants and assessor10 weeks10PPDifferent volumes of lidocaine administered

After first evaluation.
ITT: intention-to-treat; PP: per protocol.