Baduanjin Exercises on Shoulder Dysfunction Post Thyroidectomy

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Thyroiditis, Chronic

• Registration Number: NCT06954220
• Lead Sponsor: MTI University

Brief Summary

This study will be carried out at the outpatient clinic of the faculty of physical therapy, Cairo university, El Galaa general hosbital after referral from endocrine surgeon. Participants will perform these exercises in a room supervisor physiotherapist.

All participants will sign a written consent form after receiving full information about the purpose of the study, procedure, possible benefits, privacy, and use of data.

Detailed Description

This study will investigate the effects of Baduanjin exercises on shoulder dysfunction post thyroidectomy. To assign patients to different treatment groups, a table of random numbers generated by a computer was used. Patients were allocated randomly into two groups using this method. This study will be carried out at the outpatient clinic of the faculty of physical therapy, Cairo University, El Galaa general hospital and National Cancer Institute in Cairo to be treated in the outpatient clinic after referral from endocrine surgeon. Participants will perform these exercises in a room supervisor physiotherapist.

All participants will sign a written consent form after receiving full information about the purpose of the study, procedure, possible benefits, privacy, and use of data.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2025-04-24
• Study First Submitted QC: 2025-04-24
• Study Start: 2025-04-25
• Status Verified: 2025-05
• Study First Posted: 2025-05-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-05-01
• Last Update Posted: 2025-05-06
• Primary Completion: 2025-07-25
• Study Completion: 2025-08-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 90

Inclusion Criteria

• They have the development of the shoulder dysfunction (Range of motion limitation and shoulder pain) (limitation of 20 ≥ ROM in shoulder flexion, abduction, external or internal rotation) after thyroidectomy.
• Patients who were 6 months to 1 year post unilateral neck dissection
• Aged 30- 50 years (at the time of surgery)

Exclusion Criteria

• they had severe cardiac disease, uncontrolled hypertension and upper extremity problems started Before treatment of thyroid cancer surgery.
• Patients with neurological disease, rheumatologically disease, communication problems, recurrent infections, and history of head or neck malignancy, history of > 1 neck dissection, history of bilateral neck dissection,
• open wounds or incision presence in the region and patients proceeding with chemotherapy (CT) or radiotherapy (RT) were barred

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Shoulder Pain and disability index (SPADI)	at baseline and at 12 weeks	It was used to determine the shoulder pain and disability. It comprises of 13 items: a 5 item subscale to evaluate the pain and an 8 item subscale to evaluate the disability. The total score is determined by averaging the pain and disability subscale scores. The SPADI exhibits great construct validity, associating admirably with other district explicit shoulder questionnaires. The translated version of the SPADI in the Arabic language showed excellent internal consistency, with a Cronbach's α values of 0.98, and test retest reliability.the SPADI score ranges from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating greater shoulder pain and disability

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Shoulder range of motion :( active range of motion (ROM)) using Image J	at baseline and at 12 weeks	The ImageJ, a photograph-based goniometry tool, can measure the angle using images or videos during these exercises. Measurement method using ImageJ during active ROM exercises.Three-dimensional motion capture systems, such as Vicon, have been widely used with increased accuracy . However, as these technologies can be costly and are unavailable in many clinical settings , the ImageJ open-source software is considered particularly for measuring the ROM of the upper limbs during exercise
Total calcium concentration	at baseline and at 12 weeks

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

faculty of physical therapy ,Cairo University; 🇪🇬 Cairo, Egypt