Smartphone-based Mobility Assessment and Individualized Exercise Programs for Patients With Frozen Shoulder

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Frozen Shoulder
• Interventions: Other: traditional paper hangouts; Other: Smartphone

• Registration Number: NCT03883659
• Lead Sponsor: National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University

Brief Summary

This study was to investigate the reliability and validity of the smartphone goniometer app to measure shoulder ROM in a modified position for patients with frozen shoulder, and compare the intervention effect and adherence to home exercise between the smartphone and traditional paper hangouts.

Detailed Description

This study was to investigate the reliability and validity of the smartphone goniometer app to measure shoulder ROM in a modified position for patients with frozen shoulder, and compare the intervention effect and adherence to home exercise between the smartphone and traditional paper hangouts. The outcome measure including shoulder range of motion, pain condition, home exercise adherence and satisfaction of smartphone program

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2019-03-18
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-03-19
• Study First Posted: 2019-03-21
• Study Start: 2019-04-01
• Primary Completion: 2019-07-03
• Study Completion: 2019-07-30
• Status Verified: 2019-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-08-21
• Last Update Posted: 2019-08-22

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 11

Inclusion Criteria

• gradual shoulder pain and stiffness at least 4 months
• loss of active and passive shoulder mobility, shoulder external rotation <45 degree
• ability to use the smartphone

Exclusion Criteria

• normal shoulder mobility
• diagnostic shoulder osteoarthritis
• nerve pain
• injection of corticosteroids in 3 months

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
traditional paper hangouts group	traditional paper hangouts	patients use the traditional paper hangouts to conduct the home exercise program at home
smartphone group	Smartphone	patients use the smartphone to conduct the home exercise program at home

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
home exercise adherence	4 weeks	the days patients do the home exercise program

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
shoulder range of motion	baseline, 4 weeks	the mobility of shoulder
Visual analog scale (VAS)	baseline, 4 weeks	Ranged form 0 (minimum score) to 10 (Maximum score) ,the higher score represent more painful
System usability scale (SUS)	4 weeks	the satisfaction scale of the smartphone program

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

Tri-Service General Hospital; 🇨🇳 Taipei, Neihu District, Taiwan

Yang Ming university; 🇨🇳 Taipei, Taiwan