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Development and Testing of New Clinical Shoulder Tests for Early-Stage Frozen Shoulder Using MRI Findings

Development and Validation of Clinical Diagnostic Tests for Stage I and II Idiopathic Frozen Shoulder Using MRI Features of the Rotator Interval - NIL

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2025/09/094553
Enrollment
58
Registered
2025-09-10
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-09-15

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Intervention1: Nil: Nil Intervention2: Nil: Nil Control Intervention1: NIL: NIL Control Intervention2: NIL: NIL

Sponsors

Srinivas college and research centre
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Age between 35 to 70 years. 2. Clinical diagnosis of Stage I or Stage II idiopathic frozen shoulder. 3. Shoulder pain duration more than or equal to 1 month. 4. External rotation loss more than or equal to 25 degrees compared to the opposite side. 5. Willing to undergo MRI and provide written informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. History of post traumatic or post surgical shoulder stiffness. 2. Presence of full thickness rotator cuff tear. 3. Presence of moderate to severe glenohumeral osteoarthritis. 4. Systemic inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis or lupus. 5. Contraindications to MRI such as pacemaker, metal implants, or claustrophobia. 6. Received steroid injection within the last three months. 7. Bilateral frozen shoulder. 8. High body mass index or high triceps skinfold thickness as per study cutoff. 9. Normal MRI findings despite clinical features of frozen shoulder.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Validity and diagnostic accuracy of coroid pain test scale, DTPER, ERPT WITH MRITimepoint: At baseline as it is one time study

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Inter-rater & intra-rater reliability of the clinical tests (measured using kappa/ICC values). Timepoint Within 1 week of initial testing. Correlation of clinical test findings with MRI-based grading of rotator interval pathology. Timepoint: Baseline.

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactAkshitha K R

srinivas university

vijayan.pswmy@gmail.com08748833315

Outcome results

None listed

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