Effect of High Intensity Exercises in Treatment of Patients With Shoulder Impingement Syndrome

NCT ID: NCT05950880

Last Updated: 2024-04-01

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 32 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2023-01-01
• Study Completion Date: 2023-12-25

Brief Summary

Purposes of the study

To investigate the effect of adding High-Intensity Exercises to conventional physical therapy in patients with Shoulder Impingement Syndrome

Detailed Description

Patients will be randomized into either High-intensity shoulder exercise group or Conventional physical therapy group. Patients will receive the intervention for six weeks. Outcomes will be assessed at baseline and post-intervention.

Conditions

Shoulder Impingement Syndrome

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: DOUBLE

Study Groups

High intensity exercise + Conventional physical therapy

Patients in this group will receive High-intensity exercise + Conventional physical therapy

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

High intensity shoulder exercise

Intervention Type: OTHER

Exercises that target the rotator cuff muscles using 90% of one repetition maximum only for 5 repetitions

Conventional physical therapy

Intervention Type: OTHER

Conventional physical therapy consisting of scapular stabilization exercises, posterior capsule stretch, and rotator cuff activation exercises

Conventional physical therapy

Patients in this group will receive Conventional physical therapy

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Conventional physical therapy

Intervention Type: OTHER

Conventional physical therapy consisting of scapular stabilization exercises, posterior capsule stretch, and rotator cuff activation exercises

Interventions

High intensity shoulder exercise

Exercises that target the rotator cuff muscles using 90% of one repetition maximum only for 5 repetitions

Intervention Type: OTHER

Conventional physical therapy

Conventional physical therapy consisting of scapular stabilization exercises, posterior capsule stretch, and rotator cuff activation exercises

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

1. Athletic patients

2. Age of the patients between 18 - 35 years

3. Unilateral shoulder pain more than 3 months.

4. Positive Hawkins test.

5. Positive empty or full cane test.

6. Pain at night or incapable of lying on the shoulder.

7. Pain with active shoulder elevation in the scapular plane.

8. History of pain in the C5-C6 dermatome.

9. Pain with palpation of the rotator cuff tendons.

10. The patient had pain with resisted isometric abduction

Exclusion Criteria

1. History of shoulder instability (positive Sulcus sign, positive apprehension test, and history of shoulder dislocation).

2. Clinical sign of cervical radiculopathy.

3. History of acromio -clavicular pain.

4. Rheumatoid Arthritis.

5. Adhesive capsulitis.

6. Tumors

7. Labrum lesions

8. Capsular or ligamentous tears or avulsions

9. Cartilage lesions

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 35 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Cairo University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Abdallah Gamiel Ayed

Mr

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Abdallah Gamiel, MSc

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Cairo University

Locations

facult of physical therapy,MTI

Cairo, , Egypt

Countries

Egypt

Other Identifiers

P.T.REC/012/004361

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id