Effects of Medical Exercise Therapy on Pain, Range of Motion and Function in Adults with Idiopathic Adhesive Capsulitis

Not Applicable

Recruiting

Conditions: Adhesive shoulder capsulitis, is a term attributed to a pathological process which involves scarring and adhesion formation across the joint capsule of the glenohumeral joint. It is characterized by restricted and pain full shoulder movements which deleteriously effects the patient’s quality of life. Through out its course of disease it goes through various stages from freezing to frozen to thawing..
Adhesive capsulitis of shoulder
M75.0

Registration Number: IRCT20200514047437N1

Lead Sponsor: Ghurki Trust and Teaching Hospital, Lahore

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Recruiting

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 42

Inclusion Criteria

Shoulder ROM loss of greater than 25% in at least 2 planes and passive external rotation loss that is greater than 50% of the uninvolved shoulder or less than 30°.
Patients presenting with painful and restricted active and passive ROM of the affected shoulder in both elevation and rotation that occurs for at least 1 month and has either reached a plateau or worsened
Patients presenting with a gradual and progressive onset of pain, at end ranges of movements of the affected shoulder.
Functional activities such as reaching overhead, behind the back, or out to the side became increasingly difficult due to pain and/or stiffness.

Exclusion Criteria

Patients presenting with shoulder pain and stiffness due to cerebral vascular accident, intrathoracic conditions of intra-abdominal conditions.
Patients with cervical disc disease, distal extremity fracture, or self-imposed immobilization as well as patients with a known pathology of the glenohumeral joint soft tissues or structures, such as rotator cuff tendinopathy, biceps tendinopathy, calcific tendinitis, acromioclavicular or glenohumeral joint arthropathy, or proximal humeral or scapular fracture or post-operative stiffness.

Study & Design

Study Type: interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pain. Timepoint: before intervention and 2, 4 weeks after intervention. Method of measurement: Pain will be measured using numeric rating pain scale.;Functional Disability. Timepoint: Before intervention and 2, 4 weeks after intervention. Method of measurement: The Shoulder Pain and Disability Index (SPADI).;Range of Motion. Timepoint: The Shoulder Pain and Disability Index (SPADI). Method of measurement: Goniometer.

Secondary Outcome Measures