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Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, New York, United States
Dr. Mark Thomas is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, New York, United States. His research interest includes Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, etc. He has published more than 39 publications and the articles are informative and got good citations.
Research Article
Is There Any Relationship between Frequency of Shoulder Impingement Steroid Injection and Diabetes Mellitus?
Author(s): Naglaa Hussein*, Matthew Bartels and Mark Thomas
Objective: Determine the relationship between frequency of steroid injections, duration between injections and
diabetic status among shoulder impingement patients.
Design: Retrospective.
Setting: Outpatient.
Participants: Charts of 412 patients presented with unilateral or bilateral shoulder pain diagnosed shoulder
impingement syndrome and treated with steroid injections over a period of 01/2019-12/2020.
Exclusion criteria: Those having manifestations suggesting of cervical radiculopathy, neuromuscular diseases, or
shoulder trauma history.
Interventions: Reviewing and collecting patient charts data; demographic data including occupation, body mass
index, detailed medical history including DM history. Shoulder exam including impingem.. View More»
DOI:
10.35248/2329-9096.21.s5.004