Massage in Treating Painful Shoulder

NCT ID: NCT01307826

Last Updated: 2011-03-03

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2008-01-31

Study Completion Date

2010-09-30

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to compare classical massage and massage based on the tensegrity rule in treating people with painful shoulder.

Detailed Description

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The joint system of the shoulder girdle is exposed to frequent overloading, which can cause painful shoulder. The therapeutic methods applied in the treatment of painful shoulder syndrome include among others oral pharmacotherapy, joint injections, kinesitherapy, ultrasound, electrotherapy, laser. Manual therapy, chiropractic and surgery could also be used. Attempts have also been made to apply classical massage in treating painful shoulder, although it is not often used due to its low effectiveness.This study compares classical massage and massage based on the tensegrity rule which is not commonly known.

Conditions

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Shoulder Pain Syndrome Pain Frozen Shoulder

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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tensegrity massage

In this group of patients massage sessions based on the tensegrity method were applied.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

massage

Intervention Type OTHER

session - 20 minutes.

Before the massage, palpable evaluation of the selected anatomical structures was carried out - to determine which tissues have the greatest sensitivity and which motor organs show increased tension (by pressing the attachment). In all the examined patients, pain of the following muscle attachments were shown:

* latissimus muscle of the back
* major pectoral muscle
* supraspinous and infraspinous muscles
* teres minor muscle
* serratus anterior muscle
* deltoid muscle The decision which muscles and fascias have to be massaged was made on the basis of the performed evaluation. In most cases the above mentioned tissues (together with other motor system organs which are structurally linked to it) were massaged to relax them.

A palpable evaluation of the previously examined points was again performed during the final part, with particular attention paid to painful muscles, in order to analyze the effectiveness of the performed relaxation.

classical massage

In this group of patients 10 classical massage sessions were applied

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

massage

Intervention Type OTHER

classical massage (Swedish massage)

Interventions

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massage

session - 20 minutes.

Before the massage, palpable evaluation of the selected anatomical structures was carried out - to determine which tissues have the greatest sensitivity and which motor organs show increased tension (by pressing the attachment). In all the examined patients, pain of the following muscle attachments were shown:

* latissimus muscle of the back
* major pectoral muscle
* supraspinous and infraspinous muscles
* teres minor muscle
* serratus anterior muscle
* deltoid muscle The decision which muscles and fascias have to be massaged was made on the basis of the performed evaluation. In most cases the above mentioned tissues (together with other motor system organs which are structurally linked to it) were massaged to relax them.

A palpable evaluation of the previously examined points was again performed during the final part, with particular attention paid to painful muscles, in order to analyze the effectiveness of the performed relaxation.

Intervention Type OTHER

massage

classical massage (Swedish massage)

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* painful shoulder syndrome

Exclusion Criteria

* acute pain
* previous bones fracture
* bone relocations in the area of the shoulder girdle
* neck spondylosis
* hemiparesis
* rheumatoid arthritis
* any neurological symptoms
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Wroclaw University of Health and Sport Sciences

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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University School of Physical Education in Wroclaw

Principal Investigators

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Krzysztof Kassolik, PhD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

University School of Physical Education in Wrocław

Locations

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University School of Physical Education in Wrocław

Wroclaw, Wroclaw Destrict, Poland

Site Status

Countries

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Poland

References

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Ingber DE. Tensegrity and mechanotransduction. J Bodyw Mov Ther. 2008 Jul;12(3):198-200. doi: 10.1016/j.jbmt.2008.04.038. Epub 2008 Jun 16.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 19083675 (View on PubMed)

Yamada T, Richiert D, Tumminia SJ, Russell P. The tensegrity model applied to the lens: a hypothesis for the presence of the fiber cell ball and sockets. Med Hypotheses. 2000 Jul;55(1):36-9. doi: 10.1054/mehy.1999.0994.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 11021323 (View on PubMed)

Chen CS, Ingber DE. Tensegrity and mechanoregulation: from skeleton to cytoskeleton. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 1999 Jan;7(1):81-94. doi: 10.1053/joca.1998.0164.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 10367017 (View on PubMed)

Ingber DE. Opposing views on tensegrity as a structural framework for understanding cell mechanics. J Appl Physiol (1985). 2000 Oct;89(4):1663-70. doi: 10.1152/jappl.2000.89.4.1663. No abstract available.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 11007610 (View on PubMed)

May S, Greasley A, Reeve S, Withers S. Expert therapists use specific clinical reasoning processes in the assessment and management of patients with shoulder pain: a qualitative study. Aust J Physiother. 2008;54(4):261-6. doi: 10.1016/s0004-9514(08)70005-9.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 19025506 (View on PubMed)

Hand C, Clipsham K, Rees JL, Carr AJ. Long-term outcome of frozen shoulder. J Shoulder Elbow Surg. 2008 Mar-Apr;17(2):231-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jse.2007.05.009. Epub 2007 Nov 12.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 17993282 (View on PubMed)

Bunker TD, Anthony PP. The pathology of frozen shoulder. A Dupuytren-like disease. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 1995 Sep;77(5):677-83.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 7559688 (View on PubMed)

Stevenson K. Evidence-based review of shoulder pain. Musculoskeletal Care. 2006 Dec;4(4):233-9. doi: 10.1002/msc.96. No abstract available.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 17117447 (View on PubMed)

Wies J, Treatment of eight patients with frozen shoulder: a case study series. Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies 9:58-64, 2004.

Reference Type BACKGROUND

McMahon PJ, Sallis RE. The painful shoulder. Zeroing in on the most common causes. Postgrad Med. 1999 Dec;106(7):36-8, 41-3, 47-9. doi: 10.3810/pgm.1999.12.800.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 10608963 (View on PubMed)

Myers TW, Anatomy Trains, Myofascial Meridians for Manual and Movement Therapists. Churchill Livingstone: Edinburgh; 2009.

Reference Type BACKGROUND

Brox JI. Regional musculoskeletal conditions: shoulder pain. Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol. 2003 Feb;17(1):33-56. doi: 10.1016/s1521-6942(02)00101-8.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 12659820 (View on PubMed)

Andrews JR. Diagnosis and treatment of chronic painful shoulder: review of nonsurgical interventions. Arthroscopy. 2005 Mar;21(3):333-47. doi: 10.1016/j.arthro.2004.11.003.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 15756189 (View on PubMed)

Bunker TD, Frozen shoulder. Current Orthopaedics 12:193-201, 1998.

Reference Type RESULT

Other Identifiers

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27022011KASS

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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