Osteopathic treatment of patients with shoulder pain. A pragmatic randomized controlled trial.
- Conditions
- M25.51
- Registration Number
- DRKS00013106
- Lead Sponsor
- Osteopathie Plus
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 70
Patients had suffered for at least 6 weeks and at most 1 year from shoulder pain around the glenohumeral joint, the acromioclavicular joint, the sternoclavicular joint and the sub-acromial and scapular-thoracic connections, diagnosed by a physician.
-They had to rate shoulder pain intensity as of = 40% on a 100% visual analog scale (VAS)
-No operations on shoulder or thorax, no fractures of shoulder, sternum or clavicle, no dislocation of shoulder during the last 6 months; adhesive capsulitis or frozen shoulder; rupture of the rotator cuff, rheumatoid arthritis, peripheral palsy of upper extremity, acute inflammatory process, neoplasms, disorders of the CNS and osteoarthritis of the shoulder joints with a degree of 3 or 4.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method - pain intensity, frequency <br>- 10 weeks after beginn of study<br>- VAS, Likert-scale<br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method - disability, quality of life<br>-10 weeks after beginn<br>- shoulder pain and disability index (SPADI), SF-36