Electro-massage in Subjects With Subacromial Pain Syndrome
- Conditions
- Subacromial Pain Syndrome
- Interventions
- Other: Conservatory treatmentOther: Electromassage
- Registration Number
- NCT03338283
- Lead Sponsor
- University of Seville
- Brief Summary
Objectives: Establishing and validating an electrotherapy procedure with interferential current (IFC) application using electro-massage on patients who have undergone acromioplasty surgery. To evaluate the possible decrease in pain perception and improvement of functionality following surgical intervention.
Design: Randomized, single blind clinical trial. Subjects: 18-patients, aged 18 to 65, with a similar distribution of male and female participants Methods: 10-patients will be enrolled in the experimental group and 8 patients as the control group. Both groups of patients will undergo six physiotherapy sessions (three times a week). The experimental group will undergo a treatment consisting of electro-massage with constant voltage (CV) IFC bipolar application, 4000 Hz carrier current and 100 Hz amplitude modulated frequency (AMF). Two 48 cm2 electrodes will be used. Session length with electrotherapy will be approximately ten minutes.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 56
- patients having undergone acromioplasty surgery in the three months prior to the first day of Physiotherapy treatment
- Value equal to or less than 45 in Personal Psychological Apprehension Scale, showing any absolute contraindication for Physiotherapy or Electrotherapy treatment, fear or apprehension for Electrotherapy application, not signing informed consent, showing alterations in local level sensitivity (cervical-scapulohumeral complex), showing bone fracture associated with SCS, having been applied local infiltration with corticoids following surgery and having started Physiotherapy treatment before signing informed consent.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Conservatory Treatment Conservatory treatment The control protocol will combine: (a) thermotherapy with infrared application; (b) active, self-assisted and isometric shoulder exercises, including Codman's pendulum exercises; (c) manual therapy, always in a pain-free range of movement; and (d) ultrasound in pulsatile mode over the acromium and scapulohumeral area. Electromassage Electromassage Electromassage and conservatory treatment. All subjects will be received a conservatory treatment (1h and 40 min) and electro-massage (10min). The protocol will consist of six sessions, twice a week for three weeks. The duration will be 1 hour and 40 min for the conservatory treatment and 10 min for the electro-massage.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain level, assessed by Visual Analogue Scale Change from Baseline Pain level at 3 weeks This scale is the most accepted to calculate pain level. The range is from 0 (no pain) to 10 (hard pain).
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Functional evaluation, assessed by Constant Scale. Reference: Constant CR, Murley AH. A clinical method of functional assessment of the shoulder. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 1987 Jan;(214):160-4 Change from Baseline Constant Scale at 3 weeks This scale is the most accepted at European level. It calculates pain, activities of daily living, mobility and strength. It is a scale validated by the European Society of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery. Several subscales are combined to compute a total score.
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Department of Physiotherapy. Faculty of Nursing, Physiotherapy and Podiatry
🇪🇸Sevilla, Spain