In response to this reader's comments, we would note that there is no evidence of
effectiveness of the “Cunningham technique”. Indeed, we had tried Cunningham technique
on some patients with anterior shoulder dislocation a few years before but found that
Cunningham technique required skillful technique and more than a few minutes for serial
massage of muscles of the affected arm and shoulder girdles. Even though we did not
track precise data, successful reduction rate of Cunningham technique was too low
to apply in the busy ED. In contrast, ‘Sool's method’, shown in video supplement,
only took less than 2 minutes.
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- The effectiveness of a newly developed reduction method of anterior shoulder dislocations; Sool's method.Am J Emerg Med. 2016; ([Epub ahead of print])
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Publication History
Published online: June 17, 2016
Accepted:
June 15,
2016
Received:
June 14,
2016
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☆Funding source: The authors have no financial relationships relevant to this article to disclose.
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