The effect of passive joint mobiisation on shoulder pain and disability in the treatment of shoulder pain and stiffness

Prince of Wales Hospital - Sydney0 个研究点目标入组 90 人开始时间: 2005年8月5日最近更新: 2020年1月13日

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•Subjects will be included if they have a unilateral shoulder problem of local mechanical origin. This will be defined as pain over the glenohumeral joint or in proximal upper limb during shoulder movements and restriction of greater than 30 degrees active flexion or abduction range or greater than 10cm active hand-behind-back range compared to unaffected side.

•Subjects will be excluded if their shoulder problem is due to trauma in last month, if they have an acute inflammatory or local neoplastic disorder, if they complain of a feeling of instability at the glenohumeral joint during active shoulder movements or if passive mobilisation of the joints of the shoulder region is contra-indicated. Subjects will also be excluded if their shoulder pain is referred from vertebral column structures. Referred pain will be defined as pain over the glenohumeral joint or in the proximal upper limb during active neck movements or during palpation of cervicothoracic vertebral column or complaining of paraesthesiae in affected upper limb.

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Prince of Wales Hospital - Sydney