Testing the effectiveness of an add-on treatment for impingement syndrome stage I and II - Marnitz therapy as a combination partner for standardized physiotherapy - Pilot Study
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- M75.4Impingement syndrome of shoulder
- Registration Number
- DRKS00005338
- Lead Sponsor
- Institut für Gesundheits- und PflegewissenschaftMedizinische Fakultät der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 18
Inclusion Criteria
Impingement syndrome diagnosis and at least two positive Impingementtests from Hawkins test, Painful arc, Neer test
Exclusion Criteria
complete or severe partial Rotatorenmanschettendefekte or lesions, osteoarthritis or isolated AC osteoarthritis, significant movement restriction (frozen shoulder), acute bursitis subakromialis, calcific tendinitis, running bond or insurance method, pregnant women, patients under 18 years, patients with diseases that do not physical or physical strain caused
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method n this pilot study, a patient questionnaire is modified according to Constant and Murley used to compare changes in shoulder function before and after the intervention.<br>This patient questionnaire has been validated and allows a reproducible self survey of the shoulder function. Patients filled out independently, but under the supervision of the researcher, the patient questionnaire for Constant score (CS).<br>The questionnaire is completed before the first and after the sixth treatment.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The investigation by the researcher took place in the side comparison and focused the scapula position of the patient. The following points were palpated to determine whether or not was a tenderness on palpation: the greater tuberosity, lesser tuberosity of the humeral head tendon of the long head of the biceps and the coracoid process.<br>The tenderness palpation and the scapula position were evaluated before the first and after the sixth treatment.<br>Further, the relationship between handedness and the affected side was examined.