Physiotherapist Approach to Shoulder's Diseases, Differences Between Fascial Manipulation and Standard Exercises

Shoulder Pain Clinical Trial

Official title:

Physiotherapist Approach to Shoulder's Diseases, Differences Between Fascial Manipulation and Standard Exercise

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03041727
• Other study ID #: AOBolognini 1
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: February 1, 2017
• Est. completion date: August 1, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: February 2022
• Source: Azienda Ospedaliera Bolognini di Seriate Bergamo
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The study purpose is to compare the effects of Fascial Manipulation added to standard exercises protocol versus the simple exercises protocol.

Description:

The shoulder degenerative diseases are recurring in hospital employees. The early approach, as we see in literature, has high probability to reduce the pain and the disfunction in the long term. In particular stretching and strengthening exercises are the standard protocol applied. The Fascial Manipulation is a manual therapy that works on the connective tissue, by increasing mobility and reducing pain. We have added the Fascial Manipulation to prove if it make a faster recovery and a pain reduction in the short and the middle term.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 70
• Est. completion date: August 1, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: August 1, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 20 Years to 60 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• shoulder pain and acute and relapse in six months
• positive results in two orthopedic testes

Exclusion Criteria:

• Degenerative diseases and neurological diseases
• Rheumatological Diseases and cancer
• fracture of the humerus, scapula and collarbone
• documented injury of rotator cuff.
• cortisones therapy in action

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Manual Therapy
• Shoulder Pain

Intervention

Other:
• Fascial Manipulation
Fascial Manipulation is a manual therapy that focused on deep muscular fascial.
• Standard exercises protocol
Stretching and strengthening exercises

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Italy	AO Bolognini	Seriate	Bergamo

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Azienda Ospedaliera Bolognini di Seriate Bergamo

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Italy, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Shoulder Pain	VNS scale in the Apley 'Scratch Test	Before and after the first treatment. A week after the enrollment.
Secondary	shoulder' function	Constant Morley Scale	Before and after the first treatment. A week after the enrollment.
Secondary	shoulder' function	Constant Morley Scale	Before and after the fifth treatment, after five weeks. This will be the last treatment
Secondary	shoulder' function	Constant Morley Scale	A month later the last treatment, as follow up
Secondary	Range of Movement of the shoulder	Bubble Inclinometer used in the flexion, abduction and external rotation movement	Before and after the first treatment. A week after the enrollment.
Secondary	Range of Movement of the shoulder	Bubble Inclinometer used in the flexion, abduction and external rotation movement	Before and after the fifth treatment, after five weeks.This will be the last treatment
Secondary	Range of Movement of the shoulder	Bubble Inclinometer used in the flexion, abduction and external rotation movement	A month later the last treatment, as follow up
Secondary	The shoulder's muscular strength	dynamometer survey in flexion and abduction movement	Before and after the first treatment. A week after the enrollment.
Secondary	The shoulder's muscular strength	dynamometer survey in flexion and abduction movement	Before and after the fifth treatment, after five weeks. This will be the last treatment
Secondary	The shoulder's muscular strength	dynamometer survey in flexion and abduction movement	A month later the last treatment, as follow up