Supervised Exercise Therapy vs Home Exercises for Patients With Subacromial Impingement
- Conditions
- Shoulder Impingement Syndrome
- Interventions
- Other: supervised exerciseOther: homebased exercises
- Registration Number
- NCT01257113
- Lead Sponsor
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology
- Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine whether there are any difference between supervised exercise therapy and homebased exercise when looking at pain and function for patients with shoulder pain.
- Detailed Description
Shoulder pain is common in the population. Various treatment modalities are used. According to the literature, it is equally good results for home exercises and for guided exercise therapy. The purpose of this study is to look at this again and determine whether there are any difference between supervised exercise therapy and homebased exercise when looking at pain and function for patients with subacromial impingement.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 46
- Pain in one shoulder
- Had the condition for more than 12 weeks
- Pain at abduction (must be present in some part between 60 and 120 degrees)
- Pain/ weakness in isometric external rotation
- Positive Hawkins test
- Instability
- Labral pathology
- Acromioclavicular joint (AC-joint) pathology
- Complete rupture in the rotatorcuff
- Glenohumeral osteoarthritis
- Previously operated on current shoulder
- The pain comes from neck pathology
- Rheumatoid arthritis or other serious physical or mental illness
- Lack of Norwegian language
- Unable to start
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description supervised exercise supervised exercise The group gets 10 supervised exerciseclasses at the physiotherapy clinic in addition to homebased exercises homebased exercises homebased exercises The group gets 1 supervised exerciseclass before they do all their exercises at home
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain and function 1 Baseline Shoulder Pain and Disability Index
Pain and function 2 At 6 weeks Shoulder Pain and Disability Index
Pain and function 3 At 6 months Shoulder Pain and Disability Index
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Active range of motion 2 At 6 weeks Abduction, flexion, external rotation and internal rotation measured with inclinometer
Quality of life 1 Baseline The Short-Form 36 questionnaire
Fear avoidance 1 Baseline Fear-Avoidance Beliefs Questionnaire. Modified version with questions about shoulder instead of back
Fear avoidance 2 At 6 weeks Fear-Avoidance Beliefs Questionnaire. Modified version with questions about shoulder instead of back.
Quality of life 2 At 6 weeks The Short-Form 36 questionnaire
Pain the last week Baseline and once a week for 6 weeks Numeric pain rating scale
Impingement tests 2 At 6 weeks Hawkins test, painful arc test and isometric external rotation test is beeing conducted and scored positive or negative
Active range of motion 1 Baseline Abduction, flexion, external rotation and internal rotation measured with inclinometer
Impingement tests 1 Baseline Hawkins test, painful arc test and isometric external rotation test is beeing conducted and scored positive or negative
Work status 3 At 6 months Registration of the patients work status
Work status 1 Baseline Registration of the patients work status
Work status 2 At 6 weeks Registration of the patients work status
Patient satisfaction At 6 weeks 2 questions, one question about benefit and one about satisfaction
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Tverrfaglig Poliklinikk, rygg-nakke-skulder. Fys.Med. og rehab., St.Olavs Hospital
🇳🇴Trondheim, Norway