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Effects of upper back muscles strengthening on pain and shoulder movements in patients with stiff shoulder.

Not Applicable
Conditions
Health Condition 1: null- Adhesive capsulitis
Registration Number
CTRI/2015/12/006444
Lead Sponsor
Kasturba Medical College
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Open to Recruitment
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
40
Inclusion Criteria

Patient reports a gradual onset and progressive worsening of pain and stiffness

-Presence of scapular dyskinesis

-Pain and stiffness limit activities of daily living like sleeping, grooming, dressing, and reaching activities

-ROM in external rotation, abduction, and flexion is less than 50% in comparison to the other shoulder.

Exclusion Criteria

-Bilateral shoulder involvement

-Shoulder pain is reproduced with palpatory provocation of the relevant peripheral nerve entrapment site.

-Any local (inflammation or infection) or systemic diseases (Coronary artery disease or myocardial infarction)

-Hypermobility

-Other conditions involving shoulder: rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis of shoulder, osteoporosis, malignancies of shoulder

-Pain or disorders of cervical spine, elbow, wrist or hand.

-Injection with corticosteroids in the affected shoulder in the preceding 4 weeks.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
ateral scapula slide test, <br/ ><br>Scapular Assistance TestTimepoint: Pre treatment and Post treatment
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Visual analog scale, Goniometry, Shoulder Pain and Disability IndexTimepoint: Pre treatment and Post treatment
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