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Clinical Trials/ACTRN12616000031460
ACTRN12616000031460CompletedNot Applicable

In patients with frozen shoulder, what is the effect of muscle release technique on shoulder muscle activity and shoulder kinematics and the relationship among the two?

Yi-fen Shih0 sites40 target enrollmentStarted: January 18, 2016Last updated:
Conditions

Trial Snapshot

Phase
Not Applicable
Status
Completed
Sponsor
Enrollment
40

Study Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Study Design

Study Type
Interventional
Allocation
Non-randomised trial
Primary Purpose
Treatment

Eligibility Criteria

Ages
43 Years to 65 Years (—)
Sex
All

Inclusion Criteria

  • Inclusion criteria for patient group including (1) Diagnosed with frozen shoulder or at least a 25% limitation on shoulder passive range of motion in at least two directions (glenohumeral joint flexion, abduction, external and internal rotation), (2) pain and stiffness over the affected shoulder region > 3months, (3) no resting pain or night pain in the affected shoulder region, and willing to participate in this study. Asymptomatic subjects were recruited from personal contacts and age, gender, BMI, and tested shoulder matched with frozen shoulder subject.

Exclusion Criteria

  • Exclusive criteria for all subjects were: (1) history of a surgery or fracture of the shoulder complex, (2) shoulder joint dislocation, (3) rheumatoid arthritis, (4) osteoarthritis of the particular shoulder joint, (5) cervical radiculopathy, or (6) shoulder ROM limitation due to stroke or spinal cord injury.

Investigators

Sponsor
Yi-fen Shih

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