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Osteopathic treatment of patients with shoulder pain. A pragmatic randomized controlled trial.

Not Applicable
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
Inclusion Criteria

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)

Exclusion Criteria

-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
NameTimeMethod
- pain intensity, frequency <br>- 10 weeks after beginn of study<br>- VAS, Likert-scale<br>
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
- disability, quality of life<br>-10 weeks after beginn<br>- shoulder pain and disability index (SPADI), SF-36
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