Exercises Associated or Not With Manual Therapy Shoulder Impingement

Shoulder Impingement Clinical Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02035618
• Other study ID #: UFSCar/CEP 270/2010
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: January 10, 2014
• Last updated: January 13, 2014
• Start date: September 2010

Study information

• Verified date: January 2014
• Source: Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Brazil: Ethics Committee
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 46
• Est. primary completion date: July 2012
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years to 60 Years

Eligibility

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 Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Shoulder Impingement
• Shoulder Impingement Syndrome

Intervention

Other:
• Exercises
Strengthening and stretching
• Exercises + Manual Therapy
Mobilization; massage; post-isometric relaxation; strengthening; stretching

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Scapular kinematics		up to 3 months from the initial interview	No