Shoulder Training: Muscle Recruitment Patterns and the Effect of an Exercise Program

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Shoulder Impingement
• Interventions: Procedure: Exercise training program

• Registration Number: NCT00774956
• Lead Sponsor: University Ghent

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate the muscle recruitment pattern and the effect of a 6 week shoulder exercise training program in healthy persons and subjects with shoulder impingement

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2008-09
• Study First Submitted: 2008-09-25
• Study First Submitted QC: 2008-10-16
• Study First Posted: 2008-10-17
• Primary Completion: 2011-06
• Study Completion: 2011-06
• Status Verified: 2012-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2012-03-19
• Last Update Posted: 2012-03-20

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 77

Inclusion Criteria

• current reported history of shoulder pain localised at the glenohumeral joint diagnosed as impingement
• two positive shoulder impingement tests
• pain reproduction during two of three additional categories of clinical tests
• the subject is able to perform pain-free arm elevations with a resistance of 0.5 kg

Exclusion Criteria

• cervical and periscapular pain
• positive labral injury tests
• history of shoulder surgery

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
1	Exercise training program	Subject with shoulder impingement
2	Exercise training program	Healthy persons

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Muscle recruitment pattern	After 6 weeks of training

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Shoulder pain and functional ability in the patient group	After 6 weeks of training

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University Ghent; 🇧🇪 Ghent, Belgium