Correlation Between Cyriax's Functional Examination and Ultrasound Examination in Patients With Shoulder Pain

Shoulder Pain Clinical Trial

Official title:

Correlation Between Cyriax's Functional Examination and Ultrasound Examination in Patients With Shoulder Pain

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02688205
• Other study ID #: 20140107R
• Secondary ID: SKH-8302-103-DR-
• Status: Completed
• Start date: March 2014
• Est. completion date: December 2015

Study information

• Verified date: February 2016
• Source: Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Shoulder problems cause substantial disability in daily living, work, leisure activity, and exercise. The presence of shoulder problem such as rotator cuff pathology reported was highly predictive of impaired health-related quality of life.

Many tests were used for physical examination of the shoulder. The reliability and validity of the tests have been studied before. However, a systemic review concluded that there was conflicting evidence in reliability of each or combined tests. Functional examination of the shoulder by Cyriax is composed of a series of tests to evaluate a shoulder problem. It includes three arm elevation, three tests for glenohumeral joints, and six resisted tests.

As far as the investigators know, correlation of Cyriax functional examination with the ultrasonographic findings has never been reported before. Therefore, the aim of this study is to compare the clinical diagnosis by Cyriax's functional examination with ultrasound findings in patients with shoulder pain.

Description:

There are two groups with fifty patients in each group. First group is patients who have unilateral or bilateral shoulder pain from the outpatient clinic of Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital. The other group is control group who has no shoulder problems. Both groups will receive Cyriax's functional examination of the shoulder after history taking, and will be examined by shoulder ultrasound in one week.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 206
• Est. completion date: December 2015
• Est. primary completion date: June 2015
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 85 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

Study group:

1. patients with unilateral or bilateral shoulder pain with unknown causes;

2. age= 20 years old.

Control group:

1. patients without unilateral or bilateral shoulder pain;

2. age= 20 years old.

Exclusion Criteria:

1) chronic inflammatory joint disease, infections or tumors of the shoulder, previous fracture or surgery of shoulder, and referred pain from cervical origin or visceral organs.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Shoulder Pain

Intervention

Other:
• Cyriax's functional examination
included active range of motion, passive range of motion, resisted test and accessory test for shoulder pain evaluation

Device:
• Ultrasound examination
to evaluate rotator cuff, acromio-clavicular joint, and subdeltoid-subacromial bursa

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Taiwan	Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital	Taipei

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Taiwan, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Cyriax's functional examination for diagnosis	After Cyriax's functional examination for evaluating shoulder pain, a clinical diagnosis is made by the physician	1 week
Primary	Ultrasound examination for diagnosis	Ultrasound examination is done in one week after Cyriax's functional examination for detailed shoulder pathology evaluation.	1 week