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Evidence found and GRADE certainty

2,355 questions · 2,459 findings · 279 reviews

No studies found 556 · 22.6%GRADE not reported 490 · 19.9%Very low 593 · 24.1%Low 479 · 19.5%Moderate 243 · 9.9%High 98 · 4%

Manual therapy and exercise vs glucocorticoid injection

Global assessment of treatment success · patients with adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder)

Combination of manual therapy and exercise probably leads to lower global assessment of treatment success Complete recovery or much… compared with glucocorticoid injection (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Combination of manual therapy, exercise, electrotherapy and oral NSAID vs oral NSAID

Adverse events Pain persisting longer than 2 hours after treatment (during the 3‐week treatment period) · patients with adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder)

Combination of manual therapy, exercise, electrotherapy and oral NSAID may leads to higher adverse events Pain persisting longer than 2 hours after treatment… compared with oral NSAID (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Pulsed electromagnetic field therapy (PEMF) vs placebo

Function Total recovery of joint function · patients with adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder)

It is very uncertain whether pulsed electromagnetic field therapy (PEMF) changes function Total recovery of joint function compared with placebo (very low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review