Exercises Associated or Not With Manual Therapy Shoulder Impingement

Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos0 sites46 target enrollmentSeptember 2010

ConditionsShoulder Impingement

Overview

Phase: Not Applicable
Intervention: Not specified
Conditions: Shoulder Impingement
Sponsor: Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos
Enrollment: 46
Primary Endpoint: Scapular kinematics
Status: Completed
Last Updated: 12 years ago

Overview Investigators Eligibility Criteria Outcomes Similar Trials

Overview

Brief Summary

Manual therapy combined with a protocol of therapeutic exercises will increase the beneficial effects on scapular kinematics, myofascial pain and function in subjects with shoulder impingement when compared to exercises only.

Registry

clinicaltrials.gov

Start Date

September 2010

End Date

July 2012

Last Updated

12 years ago

Study Type

Interventional

Study Design

Parallel

Sex

All

Investigators

Sponsor

Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos

Responsible Party

Principal Investigator

Paula Rezende Camargo

PT, PhD

Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

•history of non-traumatic onset of shoulder pain;
•painful arc during active elevation of the arm;
•one or more positive shoulder impingement tests (Neer, Hawkins and Jobe), or pain during passive or resisted external rotation of the arm at 90° of abduction;
•pain with palpation of the rotator cuff tendons;
•all subjects need also to be able to reach 150° of arm elevation as evaluated by visual observation.

Exclusion Criteria

•limitation of glenohumeral internal and external rotation as indicative of adhesive capsulitis;
•body mass index \> 28kg/m2 as the amount of subcutaneous tissue can compromise the quality of the signal increasing soft tissue artifact;
•numbness or tingling of the upper limb reproduced by cervical compression test;
•history of clavicle, scapula or humerus fracture;
•history of rotator cuff surgery;
•systemic illnesses;
•positive sulcus or apprehension tests as indicative of instability;
•positive drop arm test as indicative of full thickness tear;
•corticosteroid injection within 3 months prior to intervention, or physiotherapy within 6 months prior to intervention;
•depressive symptoms as evaluated by the Beck Depression Inventory score ( \> 9 points) due to its influence on myofascial pain;