Effects of Mulligan's Technique in Subjects With Shoulder Impingement Syndrome

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Shoulder Impingement Syndrome
• Interventions: Other: Mobilization with Movement (MWM) condition/ Sham condition; Other: Sham condition/ Mobilization with Movement (MWM) condition

• Registration Number: NCT02463526
• Lead Sponsor: Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos

Brief Summary

Participants will be initially assessed for their suitability for inclusion in the study and will undergo a physical screening of the affected shoulder and cervical spine by an experienced physiotherapist. After, participants will be attended 72 hours after data recording of the baseline measures (range of motion with a goniometer, pressure pain threshold with a algometer, and peak force with a dynamometer) for four sessions per week with 24 hours of interval between sessions. At each experimental week session, each participant will receive one of the two treatment conditions (MWM or sham) and then will repeats the assessment. In the following week, there will be a crossover condition of each individual and 24 hours after the last treatment session, the examiner will do the last assessment.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2015-04
• Study First Submitted: 2015-04-30
• Study First Submitted QC: 2015-06-01
• Study First Posted: 2015-06-04
• Status Verified: 2015-12
• Primary Completion: 2015-12
• Study Completion: 2015-12
• Last Update Submitted: 2015-12-20
• Last Update Posted: 2015-12-22

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 27

Inclusion Criteria

• history of shoulder pain of >1-week duration, localized at the proximal anterolateral shoulder region consistent to Shoulder Impingement Syndrome (SIS);
• at least 1 positive impingement test (Jobe's test, Neer's test, Hawkins-Kennedy's Test) associated with painful range of motion during arm elevation; or pain during external rotation with the arm in 90 degrees of elevation in the coronal plane.

Exclusion Criteria

• fibromyalgia (based on self-report),pregnancy, a history of onset of symptoms because of traumatic injury, other histories of shoulder injury, torn tendons, ligamentous laxity based on positive Sulcus test and apprehension test, numbness or tingling in the upper extremity, previous shoulder or neck surgery, systemic illnesses, body mass index > 28kg/m2, corticosteroid injection 3 months before evaluation, physical therapy 3 months before evaluation.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: CROSSOVER

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Group 1 - MWM condition/Sham condition	Mobilization with Movement (MWM) condition/ Sham condition	Subjects will receive treatment for 4 times with Mulligan's Mobilization with Movement (MWM) condition, and after 72 hrs, will be treated 4 times with the sham condition.
Group 1 - MWM condition/Sham condition	Sham condition/ Mobilization with Movement (MWM) condition	Subjects will receive treatment for 4 times with Mulligan's Mobilization with Movement (MWM) condition, and after 72 hrs, will be treated 4 times with the sham condition.
Group 2 - Sham condition/MWM condition	Mobilization with Movement (MWM) condition/ Sham condition	Subjects will receive treatment for 4 times with sham condition, and after 72 hrs, will be treated 4 times with the Mulligan's Mobilization with Movement (MWM) condition.
Group 2 - Sham condition/MWM condition	Sham condition/ Mobilization with Movement (MWM) condition	Subjects will receive treatment for 4 times with sham condition, and after 72 hrs, will be treated 4 times with the Mulligan's Mobilization with Movement (MWM) condition.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Pressure Pain Threshold	72 hours before the treatment starts, 24 hours after the last MWM or Shaw treatment, and 24 hours after the last treatment.	The pressure pain threshold will be assessed with a algometer and the unit of measure is the kilogram per square centimeter.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Peak Force	72 hours before the treatment starts, 24 hours after the last MWM or Shaw treatment, and 24 hours after the last treatment.	The Peak Force will be assessed with a handheld dynamometer and the unit of measure is the kilogram.
Range of Motion	72 hours before the treatment starts, 24 hours after the last MWM or Shaw treatment, and 24 hours after the last treatment.	The range of motion will be assessed with a goniometer and the unit of measure is the degree

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

UFSCar; 🇧🇷 São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil