The diagnostic validity of an active functional assessment of the shoulder in patients with chronic shoulder pai

Recruiting

Conditions: M75.4
Impingement syndrome of shoulder

Registration Number: DRKS00033056

Lead Sponsor: Deutsche Hochschule für Gesundheit und Sport

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Recruiting

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 58

Inclusion Criteria

Patients with a current physiotherapy prescription
Shoulder pain lasting more than three months
Not taking pain-relieving medications
Healthy control subjects

Exclusion Criteria

Acute injuries in the shoulder or spine area (under three weeks) that restrict the activities of daily living (ADL) for patients (essential activities necessary for meeting physical and psychological human basic needs), presence of general red flags (long-term use of corticosteroids, nausea, vomiting, fever).
Acute lesions in the shoulder or spine area (under three weeks) significantly limiting the ADL functions of the patient (essential activities for meeting physical and psychological human basic needs not possible).
Current intake of pain medications of any kind.
Adhesive inflammation of the shoulder joint capsule - Frozen Shoulder (classified according to ICD-10 M75.0).
Shoulder region arthrosis, not otherwise specified (classified according to ICD-10 M19.91).
Cervical neuralgia, not otherwise specified (classified according to ICD-10 M54.2).

Study & Design

Study Type: observational

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The quality and quantity of high internal and external rotation of the glenohumeral joint.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The extent of pressure pain threshold at three points in the shoulder area, the electrical activity of three shoulder muscles during strength tests, the accuracy of glenohumeral angle reproduction, the extent of maximum strength in four directions, the obtained score in the questionnaires (SPADI = Shoulder Pain and Disability Index; DASH = Disabilities of Arm, Shoulder, and Hand Questionnaire), as well as the analysis of anthropometric and demographic data from the custom-designed questionnaire.