Forces and Translation Distance During an Inferior Glide of the Shoulder

Forces and Translation Distance During an Inferior Glide of the Shoulder in Healthy Subjects Measured With the Novel Pliance Glove and Ultrasound Imaging

This study evaluates the force and translation distance in the GH joint during a manual inferior glide of the humerus.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Asymptomatic Condition
• Intervention / Treatment: Procedure: Inferior glide humerus in GH joint

Detailed Description

There has been limited research on how the variance of force affects MT outcomes and what the best practices of MT should be. No specific force threshold necessary to achieve a predetermined translational distance within the joint has been quantified within the literature. The purpose of this study was to quantify the amount of force necessary to perform an inferior glide to the glenohumeral joint and reach to end-range. A secondary aim was to determine the impact of co-variables, such as gender, height, weight, and age, on the amount of force required to translate the humeral head within the glenohumeral joint. Musculoskeletal Ultrasound imaging using the GE LogiQe was used to measure the translation of the humeral head. The manipulation force was measured using the Novel Pliance Glove device and software.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 64
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Florida
    • Fort Myers, Florida, United States, 33965
      • Florida Gulf Coast University

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 65 years (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Healthy volunteers
• Able to read the English language fluently

Exclusion Criteria:

• a history of injury of the right shoulder
• right shoulder surgery
• presence of shoulder pain
• comorbidities affecting natural ROM within the dominant shoulder

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: DIAGNOSTIC
• Allocation: NA
• Interventional Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Masking: NONE

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
EXPERIMENTAL: inferior glide; Inferior glide of the right humerus till no motion is visual on the imaging	Procedure: Inferior glide humerus in GH joint; Supine inferior glide GH joint

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Translation	Measured in mm using MSK Ultrasound	5 minutes
Force measure	Force measure during inferior glide using Novel Pliance Glove	5 minutes

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Dr. Rob Sillevis,
• Collaborators: Mitchell Todd; J.P Speare; Eric Shamus; Arie van Duijn

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (ACTUAL): June 1, 2018
• Primary Completion (ACTUAL): November 1, 2018
• Study Completion (ACTUAL): May 1, 2019

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: February 25, 2021
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: February 25, 2021
• First Posted (ACTUAL): March 1, 2021

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (ACTUAL): April 7, 2022
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 29, 2022
• Last Verified: February 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Glenohumeral joint; Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Imaging; Manipulation force
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Pathologic Processes; Disease Attributes; Asymptomatic Diseases
• Other Study ID Numbers: 2018-015

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No