Physiotherapy treatment of shoulder pain in sports persons

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• Registration Number: CTRI/2018/05/013892
• Lead Sponsor: centre for physiotherapy and rehabilitation sciences

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Last Update Posted: 24 November 2021

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Closed to Recruitment of Participants
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 0

Inclusion Criteria

Participants who satisfy the following criteria will be recruited to participate

1) Age between 17-35 years

2) Overhead athletes playing competitive sports like volleyball , tennis ,baseball , cricket , swimming , badminton , basketball for at least 6 hours a week .

3) The following diagnostic criteria was used as used in previous studies 8

Patients were included in the impingement group if they had at least two of the following five criteria,

a) Positive Neer sign, reproduction of pain when the examiner passively flexed the humerus to end range with overpressure;

b) Positive Hawkins sign, reproduction of pain when the shoulder was passively placed in 90° of forward flexion and internally rotated to end range.

c) Positive Jobeâ??s sign, reproduction of pain and lack of force production with isometric elevation in the scapular plane in internal rotation (empty can);

d) Pain with apprehension, reproduction of pain when an anteriorly directed force was applied to the proximal humerus in the position of 90° of abduction and 90° of external rotation

e) Positive relocation, reduction of pain after a positive apprehension test when a posteriorly directed force was applied to the proximal humerus in the position of 90° of abduction and 90° of external rotation

No subjects will be included in the study based on last 2 criteria alone.

4) Duration of shoulder impingement for at least 1 month.

5) Pain rating on VAS of less than or equal to 7/10.

6) Willing to commit to a 8 week supervised physiotherapy program.

Exclusion Criteria

1)Subjects who had dislocation in the same or opposite shoulder priorly.

2)Subjects who have isolated AC Joint pathology which is reproduced with AC joint palpation.

3)Symptoms from cervical spine ie radiculopathy.

4)Subjects currently on medication like NSAIDs or received steroid injection in past 12 months etc.

5)Subjects with prior shoulder surgery on symptomatic side.

6)Full thickness rotator cuff tear evidenced by drop test.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified