Effects of App-assisted Home Exercise Program in Patients With Frozen Shoulder

"All patients will receive both glenohumeral joint and subacromial space injections. The injections will consist of a solution containing 1 ml of 40 mg/ml triamcinolone acetonide and 1 ml of 1% lidocaine in each site. The glenohumeral joint injection will be performed blindly using an anterior approach. The needle will be inserted medially to the head of the humerus, located approximately 1 cm lateral to the coracoid process, and directed posteriorly at a slight superior and lateral angle.~Patients will be educated on how to perform the 7 sets of frozen shoulder exercise. Subjects will be advised to perform all the exercises to a point that they may feel tightness but not painful and hold to the point for 2-3 seconds."

Patients will be educated on how to perform the 7 sets of frozen shoulder exercise. Subjects will be advised to perform all the exercises to a point that they may feel tightness but not painful and hold to the point for 2-3 seconds. Then the APP group will suggest performing the exercise from APP education The APP intervention group will be guided through the exercises using the mobile app, while the conventional group will be provided with a printed pamphlet illustrating the exercises.. Each set exercise will have 10 repetitions and investigators recommend 4 sessions per day.

All patients will be prescribed two weeks of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (aceclofenac) .