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Physiotherapy treatment of shoulder pain in sports persons

Physiotherapy management of shoulder impingement syndrome in overhead athletes :An EMG â?? evaluative study

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2018/05/013892
Enrollment
76
Registered
2018-05-15
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2021-11-24

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Intervention1: Experimental group: The total duration of the exercise protocol was 8 weeks.Subjects in this arm did the evidence based synthesized protocol for 8 weeks framed by amalgamation of pr

Sponsors

centre for physiotherapy and rehabilitation sciences
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Participants who satisfy the following criteria will be recruited to participate 1) Age between 17-35 years 2) Overhead athletes playing competitive sports like volleyball , tennis ,baseball , cricket , swimming , badminton , basketball for at least 6 hours a week . 3) The following diagnostic criteria was used as used in previous studies 8 Patients were included in the impingement group if they had at least two of the following five criteria, a) Positive Neer sign, reproduction of pain when the examiner passively flexed the humerus to end range with overpressure; b) Positive Hawkins sign, reproduction of pain when the shoulder was passively placed in 90° of forward flexion and internally rotated to end range. c) Positive Jobeâ??s sign, reproduction of pain and lack of force production with isometric elevation in the scapular plane in internal rotation (empty can); d) Pain with apprehension, reproduction of pain when an anteriorly directed force was applied to the proximal humerus in the position of 90° of abduction and 90° of external rotation e) Positive relocation, reduction of pain after a positive apprehension test when a posteriorly directed force was applied to the proximal humerus in the position of 90° of abduction and 90° of external rotation No subjects will be included in the study based on last 2 criteria alone. 4) Duration of shoulder impingement for at least 1 month. 5) Pain rating on VAS of less than or equal to 7/10. 6) Willing to commit to a 8 week supervised physiotherapy program.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1) Subjects who had dislocation in the same or opposite shoulder priorly. 2) Subjects who have isolated AC Joint pathology which is reproduced with AC joint palpation. 3) Symptoms from cervical spine ie radiculopathy. 4) Subjects currently on medication like NSAIDs or received steroid injection in past 12 months etc. 5) Subjects with prior shoulder surgery on symptomatic side. 6) Full thickness rotator cuff tear evidenced by drop test.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
1.EMG RECORDING-%MVIC 2.EMG RECORDING- Muscle latency timing 3.Isometric muscle strength by hand held dynamaometer Timepoint: basline 4th week 8th week

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
1. SPADI scale /QoL questionnaire 2. AHD(acromiohumeral distance) measurement by ultrasound . Timepoint: basline 4th week 8th week

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactSaurabh Sharma

jamia millia islamia

ssharma@jmi.ac.in9899214134

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026