Effectiveness of Cervicothoracic Manipulative Treatment in Unilateral Shoulder Impingement Syndrome: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

NCT ID: NCT02214199

Last Updated: 2016-04-21

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

EARLY_PHASE1

Total Enrollment

92 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2014-08-31

Study Completion Date

2015-12-31

Brief Summary

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The objective of this protocol is to compare degree of improvement can be achieved in patients with shoulder pain by treatment with Manipulative Techniques for the cervicothoracic spine versus home exercises.

Detailed Description

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Design: Randomized Clinical Trial. Objective: to determine the effects of manipulative techniques for the ervicothoracic spine versus home exercises on pain, disability, and range of movement in patients with unilateral shoulder inmingement syndrome.

Methods and Measures: ninety-two subjects will be randomly assigned to one of two groups.

Intervention: For 5-weeks, the groups 1 will undergo tratment comprising manipulative protocol techniques for the cervicothoracic spine (2/week) and the group 2 will develop a home exercise (2/week).

Main Outcome Measures: Intensity of pain, disability, and range of motion data will be collected at baseline, and 24hr after the last therapy application. Mixed-model analyses of variance will be used to examine the effects of the treatment on each outcome measure.

Conditions

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Shoulder Pain Manual Theapy Exercises Therapy

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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Exercise Therapy

Home exercises for 30 minutes (2/weeks) with muscle stretching and strengthening the shoulder girdle.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Home Exercises

Intervention Type OTHER

Manipulative Therapy Techniques

Lift Technique for mid-thoracic spine. Mobilization by low cervical spine on the upper lateral thoracic translation. Technical Dog flexion for high thoracic spine (T1-T4). Technical Dog flexion for mid-thoracic spine (T5-T8). Technical Dog flexed to low thoracic spine (T9-T12). Direct drive technology prone to mid-thoracic spine.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Manipulative Therapy Techniques

Intervention Type OTHER

Interventions

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Manipulative Therapy Techniques

Intervention Type OTHER

Home Exercises

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Report of pain or dysfunction with overhead activities
2. Demonstration of pain during active shoulder movements
3. Demonstration of a positive Neer/Hawkins-Kennedy test
4. Recent onset within the last 12 months
5. Report of non-traumatic onset
6. Demonstration of a painful arc of the arm from 60° to 120° of flexion
7. Report of a baseline pain level of ≥2/10 on an 11 point numeric scale

Exclusion Criteria

* The presence of any red flags
* A history of frozen shoulder
* Disorders of the acromioclavicular joint
* Degenerative arthritis of the glenohumeral joint
* Known calcifying tendonitis (if identified by radiograph)
* Shoulder instability
* Posttraumatic disorders
* Shoulder surgery and/or elbow, hand, wrist and blatantly misdiagnosed cervical spine disorders
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

55 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Andaluz Health Service

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role collaborator

Universidad de Almeria

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Adelaida María Castro-Sánchez

PhD (Lecturer)

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Universidad de Almeria

Almería, Almería, Spain

Site Status

Countries

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Spain

References

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Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Other Identifiers

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21/2013

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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