Homoeopathic treatment for chronic shoulder pai

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Open to Recruitment

Sex: Not specified

Target Recruitment: 0

Inclusion Criteria

1. Patients with chronic shoulder pain for 3 months or more according to ICD 10 (M25.51)

2. Patients already undergoing regular oral or topical analgesics or NSAID therapy for chronic shoulder pain, provided the medications are stopped completely at least 2 weeks prior study entry

3. Age between 18 and 65 years

4. Patients of either both sex and transgender

5. Participants having prior experience or knowledge of the treatment; e.g., primed to expect ‘homoeopathic aggravation’ and available treatment options for the disease conditions, intimated through Patient Information Sheet.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Not providing informed consent of participation

2. Radiological evidence of shoulder joint fracture or dislocation

3. Non-ambulant patients

4. Intra-articular injections within 2 weeks before study entry

5. Cases willing for or requiring immediate surgical intervention or already underwent any major shoulder joint surgery within last 3 months, 6. When the shoulder pain is due to any invasive malignant disease or neoplasia

7. Patients suffering from active local infection of shoulder joint, 8.Patients who are too sick for consultation

8. Diagnosed cases of unstable mental or psychiatric illness or other uncontrolled or life-threatening illness affecting quality of life

9. Pregnancy, puerperal women and lactating mother

10. Tobacco chewing and/or smoking, alcoholism and/or any form(s) of substance abuse and/or dependence (TAPS tool)

11. Self-reported immune-compromised state, AIDS, hepatitis etc.

12. Undergoing homoeopathic treatment for any chronic disease within last 6 months

13. Simultaneous participation in any other clinical trial

Study & Design

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Quick DASH (disabilities of the arm, shoulder, and hand)Timepoint: Baseline, every month, up to 3 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
10 cm visual analog scale measuring intensity of painTimepoint: Daily, via online survey, upto 3 months;Measure Yourself Medical Outcome Profile, version 2.0 (MYMOP-2)Timepoint: Baseline, every month, up to 3 months;Shoulder pain and disability index (SPADI)Timepoint: Baseline, every month, up to 3 months