Exercises Associated or Not With Manual Therapy Shoulder Impingement

January 13, 2014 updated by: Paula Rezende Camargo, Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos
Manual therapy combined with a protocol of therapeutic exercises will increase the beneficial effects on scapular kinematics, myofascial pain and function in subjects with shoulder impingement when compared to exercises only.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

46

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 60 years (Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • history of non-traumatic onset of shoulder pain;
  • painful arc during active elevation of the arm;
  • one or more positive shoulder impingement tests (Neer, Hawkins and Jobe), or pain during passive or resisted external rotation of the arm at 90° of abduction;
  • pain with palpation of the rotator cuff tendons;
  • all subjects need also to be able to reach 150° of arm elevation as evaluated by visual observation.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • limitation of glenohumeral internal and external rotation as indicative of adhesive capsulitis;
  • body mass index > 28kg/m2 as the amount of subcutaneous tissue can compromise the quality of the signal increasing soft tissue artifact;
  • numbness or tingling of the upper limb reproduced by cervical compression test;
  • history of clavicle, scapula or humerus fracture;
  • history of rotator cuff surgery;
  • systemic illnesses;
  • positive sulcus or apprehension tests as indicative of instability;
  • positive drop arm test as indicative of full thickness tear;
  • corticosteroid injection within 3 months prior to intervention, or physiotherapy within 6 months prior to intervention;
  • depressive symptoms as evaluated by the Beck Depression Inventory score ( > 9 points) due to its influence on myofascial pain;
  • allergy to tape.

Study Plan

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How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Exercises and manual therapy
Other: Exercises
Strengthening and stretching
Other: Exercises + Manual Therapy
Mobilization; massage; post-isometric relaxation; strengthening; stretching
Active Comparator: Exercises
Other: Exercises
Strengthening and stretching

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Scapular kinematics
Time Frame: up to 3 months from the initial interview
up to 3 months from the initial interview

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

September 1, 2010

Primary Completion (Actual)

July 1, 2012

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

January 10, 2014

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 10, 2014

First Posted (Estimate)

January 14, 2014

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

January 15, 2014

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 13, 2014

Last Verified

January 1, 2014

More Information

Terms related to this study

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Other Study ID Numbers

  • UFSCar/CEP 270/2010

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