Ultrasound Versus Kinesiotaping in Shoulder Impingement Syndrome (US-SIS-KT)

November 17, 2025 updated by: Mahmoud Ahmed Mohamed Kashef, Cairo University

Ultrasound Versus Kinesiotaping in Relation to Scapular Stabilization Exercises in Shoulder Impingement Syndrome

studying the effect of ultrasound and kinesiotaping in shoulder impingement syndrome in reliefing pain and increase range of motion in subjects with shoulder impingement syndrome .

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Shoulder pain is a common presenting complaint from patients of all ages in daily clinical practice, affecting approximately one-third of individuals during their lifetime. Such pain may lead to the impairment of shoulder joint function and to severe reduction in quality of life. Shoulder impingement syndrome.

Ultrasound (US) is a physical therapy agent that is frequently used as an adjunctive treatment for shoulder pain. US has thermal and biophysical ffects which provide analgesia increases nutrition and increases blood circulation.

Kinesio taping method (KT), has been widely used also for many musculoskeletal diseases including shoulder problems. Most of taping methods are aimed to provide a mechanical stimulus for proprioception or to decrease pain by lifting skin and subcutaneous tissues.

  • To investigate the effect of adding ultrasound versus Kinesiotaping to exercise program on pain intensity.
  • To investigate the effect of adding ultrasound versus Kinesiotaping to exercise program on shoulder ROM.
  • To investigate the effect of adding ultrasound versus Kinesiotaping to exercise program on shoulder function.
  • To investigate the effect of adding ultrasound versus Kinesiotaping to exercise program on hand strength.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

45

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Egypt
    • Cairo Governorate
      • Cairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt, 0325
        • Mahmoud Ahmed Kashef

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

20 years to 50 years (Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion criteria:

  1. Patients with shoulder impingement syndrome from both genders their age will be ranged and divided into three groups from 20-50 years.
  2. History of shoulder pain for one month.
  3. Positive Neer's impingement test and Hawkin's kiennedy test.
  4. Provocation of pain above 60 degrees of flexion and abduction.

Exclusion criteria:

  1. History of Shoulder girdle fracture, dislocation and surgery
  2. Diagnosed with frozen shoulder or rotator cuff tear
  3. History of cervicobrachial pain
  4. Any neuromuscular pain in upper limb and use of corticosteroids or pain subsiding medication

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

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
Placebo Comparator: control group
will receive scapular stabilization exercises 3 times per week for 4 weeks.
Behavioral: scapular stabilization exercises
scapular stabilization exercises 3 times per week for 4 weeks.
Active Comparator: study group (A)
will receive scapular stabilization exercises and Kinesiotape 3 times per week for 4 weeks
Behavioral: scapular stabilization exercises
scapular stabilization exercises 3 times per week for 4 weeks.
Other: Kinesio Tape
Kinesiotape 3 times per week for 4 weeks. We will apply taping to two muscles (deltoideus and supraspinatus). A "Y' tape was placed over the deltoid muscle using the muscle stimulation (KT strip arms were located by stretching slightly by 15%-25%) and mechanical correction techniques (KT strip arms were located with maximal stretching). Another "Y" tape was placed over the supraspinatus muscle using the muscle inhibition technique (the starting point of the tape was attached to the sub acromial-greater tubercle with submaximal (75%) stretching and without stretching on strip arms).
Other Names:
  • KT
Active Comparator: study group (B)
will receive scapular stabilization exercises and Ultrasound 3 times per week for 4 weeks.
Behavioral: scapular stabilization exercises
scapular stabilization exercises 3 times per week for 4 weeks.
Device: ultrasound
Ultrasound 3 times per week for 4 weeks.continuous US operated at a frequency of 1 MHz and at an intensity of 1.5 W/cm2 for 5 minutes
Other Names:
  • US

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Range Of Motion
Time Frame: 4 weeks
assessed By Digital Goniometer
4 weeks
Function
Time Frame: 4 weeks
assessed by disability of arm and hand quick questionnaire (quick DASH).
4 weeks
Hand strength
Time Frame: 4 weeks
assessed by hand dynamometer.
4 weeks
severity of pain
Time Frame: 4 weeks
Assessed By visual analogue scale (VAS) , The most simple VAS is a straight horizontal line of fixed length, usually 100 mm. The ends are defined as the extreme limits of the parameter to be measured (symptom, pain, health) orientated from the left (worst) to the right (best).
4 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Cairo University

Collaborators

Heliopolis University

Investigators

  • Study Director: Hassan hu ahmed, professor, Cairo University

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Helpful Links

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

April 9, 2023

Primary Completion (Actual)

September 1, 2023

Study Completion (Actual)

October 8, 2023

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

March 9, 2023

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 9, 2023

First Posted (Actual)

March 22, 2023

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

November 19, 2025

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

November 17, 2025

Last Verified

November 1, 2025

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 012/004362

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

YES

IPD Plan Description

(age-severity of pain-range of motion function level of shoulder joint)'s of patients will be shared

IPD Sharing Time Frame

4 weeks

IPD Sharing Access Criteria

paper concent

IPD Sharing Supporting Information Type

  • ICF

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.

No

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