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Bras."],"abstract":"<jats:p>SUMMARY A clinical, placebo-controlled, randomized, double-blind trial with two parallel groups.  OBJECTIVE  to evaluate the efficacy of ropivacaine injection in each belly of the anterior and middle scalene muscles, guided by ultrasonography, in the treatment of Nonspecific Thoracic Outlet Syndrome (TOS) compared to cutaneous pressure.  METHODS  38 patients, 19 in the control group (skin pressure in each belly of the anterior and middle scalene muscles) and 19 in the intervention group (ropivacaine). Subjects with a diagnosis of Nonspecific Thoracic Outlet Syndrome, pain in upper limbs and\/or neck, with no radiculopathy or neurological involvement of the limb affected due to compressive or encephalic root causes were included. The primary endpoint was functionality, evaluated by the Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder, and Hand - DASH scale validated for use in Brasil. The time of the evaluations were T0 = before the intervention; T1 = immediately after; T2 = 1 week; T3 = 4 weeks; T4 = 12 weeks; for T1, the DASH scale was not applied.  RESULTS  Concerning the DASH scale, it is possible to affirm with statistical significance (p&gt; 0.05) that the intervention group presented an improvement of functionality at four weeks, which was maintained by the 12th week.  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