None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
Forty subjects presenting with pain during shoulder movements will be recruited for this study. Subjects will be randomly allocated into either a control or experimental group. Both groups will receive advice and shoulder exercises. The experimental group will additionally receive passive shoulder joint mobilisation. Outcome measurements of pain intensity, functional impairment, self assessment of improvement and active range of movement will be re-assessed by a blinded researcher at 1, 3 and 6 months following recruitment.
Interventions
Experimental intervention: advice, exercises and passive joint mobilisations at shoulder region joints
Sponsors
Dr Karen Ginn
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Treatment
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Subjects will be included if they have pain over the glenohumeral joint or in the proximal upper limb during shoulder movements and maintenance of at least 75% of normal active abduction and flexion range of movement.
Exclusion criteria
Subjects will be excluded from the study if: shoulder symptoms are exacerbated during active cervical movements with and/or without overpressure and/or during cervical or thoracic region palpation; they are complaining of parathesia in the affected upper limb; passive shoulder joint mobilisation is contra-indicated; shoulder forward flexion and/or abduction is less than 75% active range of movement; shoulder pain is due to an inflammatory or neoplastic disorder; they have had surgery or trauma to the shoulder in the previous 4 weeks; or they are experiencing a feeling of shoulder instability.
Outcome results
None listed